First names in Hebrew

First name Ephraim: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אפרים

Gematria value: 331

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Ephraim is written אפרים

Ephraim is the English form of Efraim, אפרים in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Ephraim mean?

Meaning: "fruitful"
Origin: Hebrew

Ephraim is Joseph's second son, born in Egypt. Joseph gives him this name saying: "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction" (Genesis 41:52). Your name comes from the verb "to bear fruit", and its ending is the Hebrew dual, hence the reading "doubly fruitful".

Gematria

Ephraim = 331

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אפרים has 5 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• פthe letter Pe80
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• םthe letter final Mem40
• Total331

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter final Mem

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Ephraim, from א to ם:

אָנֹכִי אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּ אִם־לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְךָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים׃

“I myself will be his guarantee; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will bear the blame before you all my days.”

Genesis 43:9

The book of your first name

Ephraim, in nine pages

• Ephraim, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Ephraim
• Ephraim, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Ephraim in three answers

How do you write Ephraim in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Ephraim is written אפרים. Ephraim is the English form of Efraim, אפרים in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Ephraim?
Written אפרים, Ephraim is worth 331: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Pe (80) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter final Mem (40).

What does Ephraim mean?
Fruitful (origin: Hebrew). Ephraim is Joseph's second son, born in Egypt. Joseph gives him this name saying: "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction" (Genesis 41:52). Your name comes from the verb "to bear fruit", and its ending is the Hebrew dual, hence the reading "doubly fruitful".