Hakim-hakim 12:5

12:5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River ¹  opposite Ephraim. ²  Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive ³  said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked ⁴  him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

1 Samuel 1:1

Hannah Gives Birth to Samuel

1:1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, ⁵  from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Raja-raja 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against ⁶  the king. He was an Ephraimite ⁷  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

[12:5]  ¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:5]  ² tn Or “against Ephraim,” that is, so as to prevent Ephraim from crossing.

[12:5]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has a plural form here.

[12:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “say to.”

[1:1]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the MT. The LXX reads “a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite”; this is followed by a number of recent English translations. It is possible the MT reading צוֹפִים (tsofim) arose from dittography of the mem (מ) at the beginning of the following word.

[11:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

[11:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).