Ephraim, Forest Of:
(ya?ar ?ephrayim):
The word ya?ar (Hebrew) probably agrees in meaning with the Arabic wa?r, which indicates a rough country, abounding in rocks, stones and scrub, with occasional trees; not a "forest," as we understand the term. Here Absalom was defeated and slain (2Sa 18:6 ff, the King James Version "wood of Ephraim"). It must be sought, therefore, East of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Mahanaim; but no identification is yet possible.
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