And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Ephraim, х 'Epraayim (H669)] - i:e., 'double fruitfulness,' referring either to the increase of Joseph's family or to the years of extraordinary plenty, from the verb х paaraah (H6509)], to bear fruit. [Hiphil hipªraniy (H6509), hast made me fruitful in offspring; Septuagint, Efraim.]