Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2. the tribe, Ephraim

3. the mountain country of Ephraim

4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5. a city near Baal-hazor

6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness

1. (Qal)

   1. to miss

   2. to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty

   3. to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit

2. (Piel)

   1. to bear loss

   2. to make a sin-offering

   3. to purify from sin

   4. to purify from uncleanness

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to miss the mark

   2. to induce to sin, cause to sin

   3. to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment

4. (Hithpael)

   1. to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way

   2. to purify oneself from uncleanness

that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

1. that

   1. yea, indeed

2. when (of time)

   1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

3. because, since (causal connection)

4. but (after negative)

5. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

6. but rather, but

7. except that

8. only, nevertheless

9. surely

10. that is

11. but if

12. for though

13. forasmuch as, for therefore

altar

be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous

1. (Qal)

   1. to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)

   2. to be or grow great

2. (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to make much, make many, have many

      1. to multiply, increase

      2. to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly

      3. to increase greatly or exceedingly

   2. to make great, enlarge, do much

(Qal) to shoot