24 ; 7:48 ; 10:22 ; 26:35 , 37 Jos 16: 5, 9 (boundaries of territory), 17:8 1 Ch 9: 3; 12:30 ( 31 ); 27:10 , 14 , 20 2 Ch 28:1 2; less often מַטֵּה א׳ Nu 1:3 3; 13:8 Jos 21:5 1 Ch 6:51 ; מַטֵּה בְנֵי א׳ Nu 34:24 Jos 16:8 cf. 14: 4; שֵׁבֶט א׳ ψ 78:67 ( || אֹהֶל יֹוסֵף ); בֵּית א׳ Ju 10: 9; also א׳ alone, tribe Ephraim Nu 26:28 Dt 33:17 Jos 16:10 + often; א׳ וּמְנַשֶּׁה Jos 17:17 cf. Ju 12:15 ( א׳ א׳ ומ׳ ) 2 Ch 30:10 3. הַר־אֶפְרַיִם the mountain-country of Ephraim , a ridge stretching from N. to S. through territory assigned to Ephr. , with fruitful land on both slopes, especially the western ( cf. Di Jos 16: 1) Jos 17:15 ; 19:50 ; 20:7 Ju 2: 9; 3:27 ; 4:5 + 26 times 4. by Ho & Is (rarely later) אֶפְרַיִם = kingdom of northern Israel (from Ephr. as largest & strongest tribe in it) Ho 4:17 ; 5:3 (×2), 5 ( || יִשְׂרָאֵל ) v 11 , 12 + 30 times Ho; Is 7:2 , 5 , 8 , 9 , 17 + 9 times Is; also Je 7:15 ; 31:9 , 18 , 20 Ez 37:16 ( del. C o) v 19 ψ 78:9 2 Ch 25: 7, 10 cf. 30:1 ψ 60:9 = 108: 9; עָרֵי א׳ 2 Ch 17:2 cf. 34: 6; שְׁדֵה א׳ Ob 1 9; hence א׳ alone in loc. sense 2 Ch 31:1 ; also Ho 5:9 , where fem. (& perhaps Is 7:2 ). • 5. יַעַר אֶפְרַיִם 2 S 18: 6, E. of Jordan;
Ö L Klo read יער מַחֲנַיִם , cf. 17:2 4, 27 . • 6. name of a city near Baal-hazor 2 S 13:23 ( = Ἐφραϊµ John 11:54 & 1 Macc 11:34 ? Klo comp. Ö L Γοφραιµ &
עפרון
,
Qr
עֶפְרַיִן
2 Ch 13:1
9; so previously
Bö Th Ke
cf.
D
r).
•
7.
שַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם
a chief gate of Jerusalem
2 K 14:13 2 Ch 25:23 Ne 8:1
6;
12:39
; perhaps at NW. angle, near Holy Sepulchre,
cf.
Schick-Guthe
ZPV 1885.
אֶפְרָת
S
672
GK
714, 715
v.
אפרתה
.
• אֶפְרָ˜תָה S 672 GK 716, 717 n.pr. ( v. Sta § 308 d. 1; 342 d. 2; Morgenl. Forsch. 215 ) — might in several cases, e.g. Gn 35:16 , be אֶפְרָת + ה loc ., but v. Ru 4:1 1;— 1.
n.pr.loc.
place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried
Gn 35:16
,
19
;
48:7
(
אֶפְרָת
only
Gn 48:7
where
ה
perhaps dropped on
acc.
of
ה
following (
Ol
); in last two passages
הוא בית לחם
is a gloss,
v. D
i;
cf.
1 S 10:
2).
2.
id.
, a name of Bethlehem
Mi 5:1 Ru 4:1
1;
cf.
perhaps
כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָה
1 Ch 2:24
(
Ö
ἦλθεν Χαλὲβ εἰς Ἐφράθα
).
3.
id.
ψ 132:6
, perhaps applied to district where Kirjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin,
cf.
De Ch
e.
4.
n.pr.f.
אֶפְרָת
name given to wife of Caleb
1 Ch 2:19
=
אֶפְרָתָח
v
50 4:
4.
Ephr. Ephraimitic source or Ephrem Syrus. Bö F. Böttcher.
Th O. Thenius. Ke C. F. Keil.
ZPV Z. d. deutsch. Pal.-Vereins .