# Ephraim

Translators may also add a footnote that says, "The name 'Ephraim' means 'to be fruitful' or 'to have children.'"

# made me fruitful

Here "fruitful" means to prosper or to have children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# in the land of my affliction

The abstract noun "affliction" can be stated as "I have suffered." Alternate translation: "in this land where I have suffered" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])