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Proper Noun

1. 1
   The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

   "And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."

2. 2
   A male given name from Hebrew.
3. 3
   A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

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grizzly bear

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"And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty."

Etymology

From Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin.

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