כְּ/אֶפְרַ֖יִם
𐤊/𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌
Eferayim
like Ephraim
Ephrayim: a personal, tribal, and geographic name in the Hebrew Bible. Primarily, it designates (1) the younger son of Joseph and Asenath born in Egypt, (2) the people descending from him (the tribe of Ephraim), and (3) their assigned territory in the central hill country of Canaan. The term also comes to be used more broadly: in prophetic and later historical books, "Ephraim" at times serves as a synecdoche for the northern kingdom of Israel as a whole, due to the tribe's geographic dominance and political prominence within that polity. The semantic range therefore includes individual (personal), tribal, territorial, and at times national/division identifiers.
Genesis 48:20 · Word #11
Lexicon H669
| Lemma | אֶפְרַיִם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 |
| Transliteration | Eferayim |
| Strong's | H669 |
| Definition | Ephrayim: a personal, tribal, and geographic name in the Hebrew Bible. Primarily, it designates (1) the younger son of Joseph and Asenath born in Egypt, (2) the people descending from him (the tribe of Ephraim), and (3) their assigned territory in the central hill country of Canaan. The term also comes to be used more broadly: in prophetic and later historical books, "Ephraim" at times serves as a synecdoche for the northern kingdom of Israel as a whole, due to the tribe's geographic dominance and political prominence within that polity. The semantic range therefore includes individual (personal), tribal, territorial, and at times national/division identifiers. |
Morphology HR/Np
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | like Ephraim |
SIBI-P1 Translation H669-02
like Double-Fruitfulness
| Morphological Notes | Proper masculine dual noun (personal/tribal name) אֶפְרַיִם with prefixed preposition כְ ('like/as'). |
| Rendering Rationale | The name אֶפְרַיִם derives from the root פרה ('to be fruitful') and is morphologically a dual form, likely conveying 'double fruitfulness.' The prefixed כְ adds the comparative sense 'like,' so the rendering preserves both the root meaning and the prefixed morphology. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
like Eferayim
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Double Fruitfulness |