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

• Aram or Syrian nation

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}.)

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Aram-maacah • Kingdom that fought against David

Aram-maacah was an Aramean kingdom that allied with the Ammonites against David.

• A location only mentioned at 1Ch.19.6;
• only referred to as Aram-maacah אֲרָם מַעֲכָה.
  

Aram-maacah (or Maacah) was a small Aramean kingdom located near Mount Hermon, north of Israel. During the reign of King David, the Ammonites hired soldiers from Aram-maacah and other Aramean kingdoms to help fight against Israel (1 Chronicles 19:6-7). The Aramean forces, including the army of Maacah, gathered at the city of Medeba. Joab, David's commander, defeated the Aramean coalition, and the Arameans made peace with Israel (1 Chronicles 19:8-19). No other details are provided about the kingdom of Aram-maacah, its rulers, or its later history. The region of Maacah is also mentioned in other contexts, sometimes referring to a person or an Israelite clan (Deuteronomy 3:14, Joshua 12:5).

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