The Definition of the word Ephraim

Ephraim

Double fruitfulness (for God had made him fruitful in the land" "of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt" (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him "is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before" "their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10; comp." 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the "two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother," "guiding his hands wittingly. Before Joseph's death, Ephraim's" family had reached the third generation (Gen. 50:23).