Ephraimites

== English == === Noun === Ephraimites plural of Ephraimite == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐφραϊμῑ́της (Ephraïmī́tēs), Ἐφραιμῑ́της (Ephraimī́tēs), from Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraḯm), Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם (ʾep̄rāyim), אֶפְרַיִם (ʾep̄rayim). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pʰraː.ɪˈmiː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.fra.iˈmiː.tes] === Proper noun === Ephrāimītēs m (genitive Ephrāimītae); first declension (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. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).