Lexical Definition

‎אֲרָם‎ ʼĂrâm (arawm') Aram ^N:N-M-P
from the same as ‎אַרְמוֹן‎; the highland

Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.

• § Aram = "exalted"
• Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants
• also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

n pr m
1) Aram or Syriathe nation
2) the Syrian or Aramean people
n m
3) fifth son of Shem
4) a grandson of Nahor
5) a descendant of Asher

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21
• son of: Kemuel (קְמוּאֵל)
• Aram = "exalted"
• n m

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲרָם‎₁₄₉ proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see Dl^{Pa 257}; Thes and others propose √ ‎ארם‎ = ‎רום‎ but compare Nö as below) —

1. 5th son of Shem Gen 10:22; Gen 10:23; 1Chr 1:17.

2. grandson of Nahor Gen 22:21.

3. 1Chr 2:23.

4. a descendant of Asher 1Chr 7:34. — Elsewhere only of AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine^{2Sam 8:5} masculine^{2Sam 10:14}.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2Sam 8:5 (twice in verse); 2Sam 8:6 + 1Kgs 20:20; 1Kgs 20:21 + 1Chr 19:10; 1Chr 19:12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9:7; Isa 7:2; Isa 7:4; Isa 7:5; Isa 7:8; Isa 9:11*; Isa 17:3; so Ezek 16:57; Ezek 27:16, but Co in both ‎אדום‎ ‎עַם אֲרָם‎ Amos 1:5 of particular divisions of Aram, ‎בית רְחוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 10:6, ‎צוֺבָא‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8; Ps 60:2* (title), ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 8:5 compare 1Chr 18:5, even ‎נַהֲרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 60:2* (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Gen 10:22, also Dl^l.c.); on 2Sam 8:12; 2Sam 8:13; 1Chr 18:11 see ‎אֱדוֺם‎.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Num 23:7; 2Sam 15:8 + 2Chr 20:2 (read however here ‎אדום‎ Thes Add and others), ‎׳‎‎שְׂדֵה א‎ Hos 12:13* also of particular divisions of the territory ‎נַהֲרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gen 24:10; Deut 23:5*; Judg 3:8 (compare Ps 60:2* above); compare ‎׳‎‎פַּדַּן א‎ Paddan-Aram Gen 25:20; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15, ‎׳‎‎פַּדֶּ֫נָה א‎ Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:7 see ‎פדן‎; ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 8:6 compare 1Chr 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְ א‎ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Judg 2:11; Judg 10:6 (‎׳‎‎אֱלֹהֵי א‎) 1Kgs 10:29 + 2Chr 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isa 7:1. — (compare especially Nö^{Sehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f.} Dl^{Pa 257}.)

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Kemuel • Son of Kemuel, nephew of Abraham

Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

Aram was the son of Kemuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor.

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21;
• only referred to as Aram אֲרָם;
• a son of Kemuel קְמוּאֵל.

Aram is mentioned in the genealogy of Abraham's family, found in Genesis 22. He is listed as the son of Kemuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah. This makes Aram the nephew of Abraham. The genealogy is provided in the context of Abraham sending his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac from among his relatives in Mesopotamia. Apart from this mention in the genealogical list, no further information is given about Aram, son of Kemuel, in the biblical text.

All entries for Aram: אֲרָם

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