Ephraim For the Hebrew word to be fruitful, cf. Genesis 28:3; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 48:4. There is a play on the resemblance in the sound of the name to the Hebrew root (prh) meaning "fruitfulness." The same play on the two words is found in Hosea 13:15, "fruitful among his brethren," referring to Ephraim.

made me fruitful i.e. "hath given me sons." But, as a title for the tribe of Ephraim, it is natural to connect it with the fertility of the territory which it occupied.

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