Lexical Definition

‎אֶפְרָתִי‎ ʼEphrâthîy (ef-rawth-ee') Ephraimite ^N:N--PG
patrial from ‎אֶפְרָת‎

Ephraimite, Ephrathite.

• § Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness"
• an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite

1) an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim
2) an inhabitant of Bethlehem

Extended Information

group of: אֶפְרַיִם

• Someone descended from Ephraim, a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52
• son of: Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Asenath (אָסְנַת)
• brother of: Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה)
• father of: Shuthelah (שׁוּתֶלַח), Becher (בֶכֶר), Tahan (תַּחַן), Ezer (עֶזֶר), Elead (אֶלְעָד) and Beriah (בְּרִיעָה); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1 Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19
• Group of eph.ra.yim (‎א‎ֶ‎פ‎ְ‎ר‎ַ֫‎י‎ִ‎ם‎ "Ephraim" אֶפְרַיִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶפְרָתִי‎ adjective, of a people Ephrathite.

1. Ephraimite, compare ‎אֶפְרָתָה‎

1. Judg 12:5; 1Sam 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1Kgs 11:26 (of Jeroboam)

2. from ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2; ‎מִבֵּית לֶחֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Sam 17:12 (of Jesse); plural ‎אֶפְרָתִים‎ ‎מִבֵּית לֶחֶם‎ Ruth 1:2.

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