Talk:Ephraim

Etymology Ephraim

From ancient greek ὀπώρα hopora : Fruits, Late summer, autumn, harvest. English (LSJ) Ion. ὀπώρη, ἡ : sometimes ὁπώρα, cf. χεῖμα χὠπώραν, i.e. καὶ ὁπ-, Alcm.76 (χειμάχωι πάραν, etc. codd.); pr. nn.A Ὁπωρίς IG5(1).1497, Hopora CIL6.21782; cf. μεθόπωρον, μεθοπωρινός:—the part of the year between the rising of Sirius and of Arcturus (i.e. the last days of July, all August, and part of September), the latter part of summer; Hom. names θέρος and ὀπώρη together, θέρος τεθαλυῖά τ' ὀπώρη Od.11.192; Σείριος being the star of ὀπώρη, Il.22.27; cf. ὀπωρινός.—In later times it became the name of a definite season, autumn (v. ὥρα 1.1 c), but was still used sometimes to denote summer (autumn being distinguished as φθινόπωρον or μετόπωρον), ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἠρινοῦ χρόνου πρὸ ὀπώρας X.HG3.2.10, cf. Ar.Av.709, Arist.Mete.348a1; ἐπ' ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐπέχει Hdt.4.199; νέας δ' ὀπώρας ἡνίκ' ἂν ξανθῇ στάχυς A.Fr.304.7.II fruit, γλαυκῆς ὀπώρας . . ποτοῦ χυθέντος . . Βακχίας ἀπ' ἀμπέλου S.Tr.703; τέμνεται βλαστουμένη καλῶς ὀ. Id.Fr.255.8; σικυούς, βότρυς, ὀπώραν Ar.Fr.569.1 : so in Prose, X. HG2.4.25, Pl.Lg.844d, 845c, Arist.HA606b2, 629a2 : in this sense also in plural, Is.11.43; Alcm. (75) even calls honey κηρίνα ὀπώρα; ἐαρινὴ ὀπώρα Alciphr.Fr.6.10.III metaph., life's summer, the time of youthful ripeness, Pi.I.2.5; τέρειναν ματέρ' οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν (v. οἰνάνθη) Id.N.5.6; ripe virginity, A.Supp.998, 1015; ὀ. Κύπριδος Chaerem.12. English (Thayer) ὀπωρας, ἡ (derived by some from ὄπις (cf. ὀπίσω), έ῾τομαι, opisthin gives lat. post und engl. past, and ὥρα; hence, the time that follows the ὥρα (Curtius, § 522); by others from ὀπός (cf. our sap) juice, and ὥρα, i. e. the time of juicy fruits, the time when fruits become ripe), from Homer down; 1. "the season which succeeds θέρος, from the rising of Sirius to that of Arcturus," i. e. late summer, early autumn, our dog-days (the year being divided into seven seasons as follows: ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλία). 2. ripe fruits (of trees): σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς for ὧν ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπιθυμεῖ, Jeremiah 40:10>), and often in Greek writings.)

A chracteristic of the greek language is, the transformation of letters/sound within it dialects. P-B-PH-V-W. The letter F Digamma can transforme, depending on the dialect to another letter/sound. The vocals exchanges. And the exchange of the position of the letters. Hopora connected to the Root EFER FER gives karpos fruit and wrist harvest lat. sorbum whirl kyrbis circel for twirl like in enviroment. R to L gives revolve like in evolution and volume, wheel film swivel, harpazo grab. To HARVest a FRUit you need to GRAB it with your WRIst and WHIRl it.

Connected to βρυω bryo wryo like in Embryo Frisk Etymological English Grammatical information: v. Meaning: swell, teem with (Il.). Other forms: only pres. (but βρύσας Procop.) Compounds: Old ἔμβρυον n. new-born (lamb) (ι 245), foetus (Hp.), type ἔμπεδος, ἐγκέφαλος. Derivatives: βρύσις (Suid.), βρυσμός (Arc.), also PN as Βρύας, Βρύσων. - Also βρυάζω with βρυάσομαι ἀναβακχεύσομαι μετά τινος κινήσεως H. (uncertain ἀνεβρύαξαν Ar. Eq. 602) with βρυασμός voluptuousness (Plu.), Βρυάκτης surname of Pan (Poet. ap. Stob.). - βρύον n. tree-moss etc. (Hp.) with βρυώδης, βρυόεις (Nic.); βρυώνη, βρυωνία black, white vine (Nic., Dsc.; s. Chantr. Form. 207f.). - For βρυαλίζων s. v. - Denomin. βρυόομαι to be grown over with βρύον (Arist.).

Connected to pherbo φερβω pherwo

Middle Liddell only in pres. and imperf., with plup. ἐπεφόρβειν.] I. to feed, nourish, Pind., Eur.; c. gen. to feed oxen on a thing, Hhymn. 2. = σώζω, to preserve, Hes. II. Pass. to be fed, feed upon a thing, Lat. pasci, vesci, παρέξω δαῖθ' ὑφ' ὧν ἐφερβόμην I shall make food for those by whom I feed myself, Soph. 2. to eat, feed on, c. acc., Lat. depasci, Eur. 3. to enjoy, have, νόον Pind. like in herbal, herbivor, carnivor, vor from Βορα Wora

Middle Liddell

[v. βιβρώσκω eatage, meat, properly of carnivorous beasts, Trag.; of cannibal-like feast, Hdt., Trag.:—rarely of simple food, Aesch., Soph. Tbq01 (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

This seems to have been taken at least partly from Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940. Equinox ◑ 15:21, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

A lot of amateurish, misspelled and ungrammatical speculation, but completely unnecessary to explain the origin of the name. See Ancient Greek Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím) for the spelling used in the Septuagint, which also has forms of many of the other words you mention. Hebrew, Greek, Latin or English texts of the relevant scriptures have been available and widely known throughout the history of the name. Chuck Entz (talk) 19:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)