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ephraim
noun(Ephra-im)a son of Joseph and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
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geographical name(Ephra-im)hilly region of ancient Palestine; now in the West Bank
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geographical name(Ephra-im)kingdom in ancient Palestine comprising the lands occupied by the Hebrew people; established about 1025 b.c.; divided about 933 b.c. into a southern kingdom (Judah) and a northern kingdom (Israel)
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geographical name(Ephra-im)the northern portion of the Hebrew kingdom after the division; capital Samaria
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geographical name(Ephra-im)country in southwestern Asia bordering on the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest, the Gulf of Aqaba at the southern tip, and the Dead Sea on the east; a republic established 1948; capital Jerusalem area 7993 square miles (20,782 square kilometers), population 7,412,200