A member of the ancient Israelite tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
From Hebrew Ephrayim, meaning 'doubly fruitful,' derived from the biblical figure Ephraim, son of Joseph. The suffix '-ite' denotes a member of a group or inhabitant of a place.
The Ephraimites were so prominent in ancient Israel that sometimes the entire northern kingdom was called 'Ephraim'—it's like how we might say 'Washington' to mean the whole U.S. government today.
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