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title: אֲרַמִּי — Aramæan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרַמִּי (761), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Aramæan. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Aramæan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרַמִּי

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«אֲרַמִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aramæan** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 761 · **BDB:** אֲרַמִּי

### Glosses

Aramean (7); \[the\].Arameans (3); Arameans (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aramæan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/761/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Aramæan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/761/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Aramæan, c. art. הָא׳ Gn 25:20(×2); 28:5; 31:20, 24 2 K 5:20; of Israel א׳ אֹבֵד Dt 26:5; pl. אֲרַמִּים 2 K 8:28, 29 (‖ אֲרָם) 9:15 (‖ id.); הָרַמִּים (= הָא׳) 2 Ch 22:5 (‖ id.); פִּילַגְשׁוֹ הָאֲרַמִּיָּה 1 Ch 7:14 his Aramæan concubine.—(ארומים Kt 2 K 16:6 read rather Qr אֲדוֹמִים.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרַמִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/761/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.14/)

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בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלָ֑דָה פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה יָלְדָ֕ה אֶת־מָכִ֖יר אֲבִ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Manasseh \[were\].Asriel whom she.bore concubine his (the) Aramean she.bore (et) Makir the.father of.Gilead

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore — his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead;

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[Genesis 31:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.20/)

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וַיִּגְנֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶת־לֵ֥ב לָבָ֖ן הָאֲרַמִּ֑י עַל־בְּלִי֙ הִגִּ֣יד ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י בֹרֵ֖חַ הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and he.stole Jacob (et) the.heart of.Laban the Aramean on not he.told to him (dm).that \[was\].about.to.flee he

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.

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