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title: אֲרָם — Aram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרָם (758), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 125 times: Aram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Aram. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרָם

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«אֲרָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aram** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 125 times · **Key:** 758 · **BDB:** אֲרָם

### Glosses

Aram (63); of.Aram (62)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/758/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Aram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/758/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., v. DlPa 257; Thes al. proposes √ארם = רום but cf. Nö as below)— 5th son of Shem Gn 10:22, 23; 1 Ch 1:17. grandson of Nahor Gn 22:21. 1 Ch 2:23. a descendant of Asher 1 Ch 7:34.—Elsewhere only of Aramæan people \& land (= 1 supr.), f. 2 S 8:5 m. 2 S 10:14. people, sg. coll. = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia \& northern Syria, in many tribes \& settlements; 2 S 8:5(×2), 6 + 1 K 20:20, 21 + 1 Ch 19:10, 12 + (64 times S K Ch) Am 9:7 Is 7:2, 4, 5, 8; 9:11; 17:3 Je 35:11; so Ez 16:57; 27:16, but Co in both אדום; עַם אֲרָם Am 1:5; of particular divisions of Aramaic, א׳ בית רְחוֹב 2 S 10:6, א׳ צוֹבָא 2 S 10:6, 8 ψ 60:2 (title), א׳ דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2 S 8:5 cf. 1 Ch 18:5, even א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ψ 60:2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people W. of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Gn 10:22, also Dl l.c.); on 2 S 8:12, 13 1 Ch 18:11 v. אֱדוֹם. less often clearly of land, Aramaic Nu 23:7 2 S 15:8 + 2 Ch 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add al.), שְׂדֵה א׳ Ho 12:13; also of particular divisions of the territory א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ‘Mesopotamia,’ i.e. prob. land between Euphrates \& Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gn 24:10; Dt 23:5; Ju 3:8 (cf. ψ 60:2 supr.); cf. פַּדַּן א׳ Paddan-Aram Gn 25:20; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15, פַּדֶּ֫נָה א׳ 28:2, 5, 6, 7 v. פדן; א׳ דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2 S 8:6 cf. 1 Ch 18:6. often indeterminate, especially in מֶלֶךְ א׳ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Ju 2:10; 10:6 (אֱלֹהֵי א׳) 1 K 10:29 + 2 Ch 1:17 + (41 times K \& Ch) Is 7:1.—(Cf. especially NöSchenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes v. 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/758/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.23/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י אֲרָ֑ם ע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמַֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Aram \[were\].Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

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[2 Kings 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.13.22/)

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וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם לָחַ֖ץ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃

*Word for word:* and Hazael the.king of.Aram he.had.oppressed (et) Israel all the.days of.Jehoahaz

*JPS 1917:* And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

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