Bible Lexicons

אֲרָם const. state אֲרַם [Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria], pr.n. (“height, high region” Hochland, opp. to בְּנַעַן Niederland).

(1) Aramœa, Aramœans, or Syria, Syrians, construed with a verb m. sing.; 2 Samuel 10:14, 15 2 Samuel 10:15, 18 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Kings 20:26 pl. 2 Samuel 10:17, 19 2 Samuel 10:19; 1 Kings 20:20 more rarely with sing. f. Isaiah 7:2. This ancient and domestic name of Syria, was not altogether unknown to the Greeks, see Hom. Il. ii. 783; Hesiod. Theog. 304; Strabo xiii. 4, § 6; xvi. 4, § 27. The name of Aramœa however extends more widely than that of Syria, and also includes Mesopotamia, although Pliny (v. 15, § 12), and Mela (i. 11), give the same more extended limit to Syria. When it simply stands אֲרָם we should generally understand western Syria, or that properly so called; Judges 3:10; 1 Kings 10:29, 11:25 15:18 especially Syria of Damascus; Isaiah 7:1, Amos 1:5 more accurately called אֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק, 2 Samuel 8:5. Where Mesopotamia is intended, it is called אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם [Mesopotamia, Aram-naharaim] “Syria of the two rivers,” Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:5; Judges 3:8 or פַּדַּן אֲרָם; [Padan-aram] “the plain of Syria,” Genesis 25:20, 28:2, Genesis 28:5, Genesis 28:6, Genesis 28:7 and ellipt. פַּדָּן 48:7; rarely simply אֲרָם Numbers 23:7, when a more exact description has preceded (comp. אֲרַמִּי). In western Syria (not in Mesopotamia, as is commonly thought), there were besides in the time of David, certain other kingdoms, אֲרַם צוֹבָה [Aram-zobah]. (see צוֹבָה ), אֲרַם בֵּית רְחֹב [Aram-beth-rehob] (see רְחֹב בֵּית), אֲרַם מַעֲכָה[Arammaachah] (see מַעֲכָה ), חֲמָת, etc., which were however afterwards subject to the kings of Damascus (1 Kings 20:1). Comp. Gent. אֲרַמִּי אֲרָמִי.

(2) pr.n. m.

(a) Aram, the grandson of Nahor through Kemuel (Genesis 22:21), who seems to have given his name to the region of Syria. Comp. רַם.

(b) 1 Chronicles 7:34.

אֲ֠רָם אֲרַ֣ם אֲרַ֤ם אֲרַ֨ם אֲרָ֑ם אֲרָ֔ם אֲרָ֖ם אֲרָ֗ם אֲרָ֛ם אֲרָ֜ם אֲרָ֡ם אֲרָ֣ם אֲרָ֤ם אֲרָ֥ם אֲרָֽם׃ אֲרָם֒ אֲרָם֙ אֲרָם֩ אֲרָם֮ ארם ארם׃ בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם בַּאֲרַ֣ם בַּאֲרָ֔ם בַּאֲרָ֖ם בַֽאֲרָ֔ם בַאֲרָ֖ם בארם וַ֠אֲרָם וַֽאֲרָֽם׃ וַאֲרַ֨ם וַאֲרָ֑ם וַאֲרָ֖ם וַאֲרָ֥ם וַאֲרָֽם׃ וַאֲרָם֙ וארם וארם׃ לַֽאֲרָ֔ם לַאֲרָ֑ם לארם מֵאֲרָ֑ם מֵאֲרָ֗ם מֵאֲרָ֤ם מארם ’ă·ram ’ă·rām ’ăram ’ărām aRam Arom ba’ăram ba’ărām ḇa’ărām ba·’ă·ram ba·’ă·rām ḇa·’ă·rām baaRam la’ărām la·’ă·rām laaRam mê’ărām mê·’ă·rām meaRam VaaRam Vaarom wa’ăram wa’ărām wa·’ă·ram wa·’ă·rām