Ephraimites

Ephraimites

1. plural of Ephraimite

From Ancient Greek Ἐφραϊμῑ́της (Ephraïmī́tēs), Ἐφραιμῑ́της (Ephraimī́tēs), from Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraḯm), Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), from Biblical Hebrew ⁧אֶפְרָיִם⁩ (ʾep̄rāyim), ⁧אֶפְרַיִם⁩ (ʾep̄rayim).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.pʰraː.iˈmiː.teːs/, [ɛpʰräːɪˈmiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.fra.iˈmi.tes/, [efräiˈmiːt̪es]

Ephrāimītēs m (genitive Ephrāimītae); first declension

1. (biblical) An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).