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Bible Encyclopedias
Ephraimite
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or as a designation of a descendant of the patriarch Ephraim, is properly denoted in the Hebrews by the patronymic בֶּןאּאֶפְרִיַם, son of Ephraim (Numbers 10:22, plur. A.V. "children of Ephraim"), or simply Ephraim (often rendered " Ephraimites" in the A.V.);. but in Judges 12:5 it appears as a rendering of אֵפְרָתַי, an Ephrathite (q.v.), meaning thereby, however, an Ephraimite, which is apparently likewise the meaning of the same Hebrews word in 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26, in both which passages, however, the A.V. regularly Anglicizes "Ephrathite." The narrative in Judges raises the inquiry whether the Ephraimites had not a peculiar accent orpatois, similar to that which in later times caused "the speech" of the Galilaeans to "betray" them to the inhabitants of Jerusalem (Matthew 26:73).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ephraimite'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/ephraimite.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
