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EPHRAIM*, Mount

KJV expression referring to the hill country in central Palestine where Ephraim’s tribe was located (Jos 20:7 (RV · LV · Read together); Jgs 19:1, 16, 18 (RV JDG 19:1 · RV JDG 19:16 · RV JDG 19:18 · LV JDG 19:1 · LV JDG 19:16 · LV JDG 19:18 · Read together JDG 19:1 · Read together JDG 19:16 · Read together JDG 19:18); 1 Sm 1:1 (RV · LV · Read together)). The area was one of the most productive in Palestine.

JOS 20:7: RV JOS 20:7 · LV JOS 20:7 · Read together JOS 20:7

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OET-RV JOS 20:7

7 So the Israelis chose Kedesh (in the Galil region in the hill country of Naftali (Naphtali)) and Shekem (in the hill country of Efrayim (Ephraim)) and Kiryat -Arba (now called Hevron, in the hill country of Yehudah (Judah)).

OET-LV JOS 20:7

7 And_they _set _apart DOM Qedesh in_Gālīl in_the _hill _country _of Naftālī and_DOM Shəkem in_the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim and_DOM Qiryat ʼArbaˊ that is_Ḩeⱱrōn in_the _hill _country _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

JDG 19:1; JDG 19:16; JDG 19:18: RV JDG 19:1 · RV JDG 19:16 · RV JDG 19:18 · LV JDG 19:1 · LV JDG 19:16 · LV JDG 19:18 · Read together JDG 19:1 · Read together JDG 19:16 · Read together JDG 19:18

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OET-RV JDG 19:1

19 In those days when there was no king over Yisrael (Israel), there was a Levite man who was staying in the remotest parts of the hill country of Efrayim (Ephraim). He took a slave-wife for himself from Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem) in Yehudah (Judah).

OET-RV JDG 19:16

16 But then in late evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the Efrati hill country but currently staying in the Giveah area where the residents were Benyamites.

OET-RV JDG 19:18

18 “We’re passing through from Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem) in Yehudah (Judah),” the Levite replied. “Going to the remote parts of the Efrati hill country where I’m from. I went to Beyt-Lehem, and I’m going to Shiloh where Yahweh’s house is. However, no one here has invited us into their home.

OET-LV JDG 19:1

19 And_he/it _was in _the_days the_those and_a _king there_was_not in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it _was a _man a _Lēviyyiy sojourning in_the _the _remotest _parts _of the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim and_he/it _took to_him/it a _woman a _concubine from_Bēyt- food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

OET-LV JDG 19:16

16 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _man old was_coming from work _of_his from the_field in_evening and_the_man from_hill of _ʼEfrayim and_he was_sojourning in_Giⱱˊāh and_the _men _of the _place were_Ben-_of jaminites.

OET-LV JDG 19:18

18 And_he/it _said to_him/it we are_passing from_Bēyt- food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to the _remotest _parts _of the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim from_there I and_I _went to Bēyt- leḩem Yəhūdāh and_DOM the _house _of YHWH I am_going and_there_was_not anyone who _was_receiving me to_the_house.

SA1 1:1: RV SA1 1:1 · LV SA1 1:1 · Read together SA1 1:1

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OET-RV SA1 1:1

1 There was a man named Elkanah from Ramatayim -Tsofim who lived in the Efrati hill country. (He was an Efrati—the son of Yeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Tsuf.)

OET-LV SA1 1:1

1 And_he/it _was a _man one from the_Ramatayim Tsōfīm/(Zophim) from_hill of _ʼEfrayim and_his/its_name was_ʼElqānāh the _son _of Yəroḩām/(Jeroham) the _son _of ʼElīhū the _son _of Toḩū the _son _of Tsūf/(Zuph) an _ʼEfrātī.

See also Ephraim (Place) #1.