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Hosea 12:2
“The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayim · ef-rah'-yim
H669 · Hebrew
H669 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- Derivation
- dual of masculine form of H672 (אֶפְרָת); double fruit;
- KJV renderings
- Ephraim, Ephraimites.
- Grammar
- אֶפְרַ֜יִם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 180 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:52Genesis 46:20Genesis 48:1Genesis 48:5Genesis 48:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶפְרַיִם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.