אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
Engelsk Aram
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֲרָם149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
2. grandson of Nahor 1 Mos 22,21.
3. 1 Kron 2,23.
4. a descendant of Asher 1 Kron 7,34. — Elsewhere only of AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine2 Sam 8,5 masculine2 Sam 10,14.
\ \ a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2 Sam 8,5 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 8,6 + 1 Kong 20,20; 1 Kong 20,21 + 1 Kron 19,10; 1 Kron 19,12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9,7; Es 7,2; Es 7,4; Es 7,5; Es 7,8; Es 9,11; Es 17,3; so Ezk 16,57; Ezk 27,16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1,5 of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב ׳א 2 Sam 10,6, צוֺבָא ׳א 2 Sam 10,6; 2 Sam 10,8; Sl 60,2 (title), דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2 Sam 8,5 compare 1 Kron 18,5, even נַהֲרַיִם ׳א Sl 60,2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT 1 Mos 10,22, also Dll.c.); on 2 Sam 8,12; 2 Sam 8,13; 1 Kron 18,11 see אֱדוֺם.
\ \ b. less often clearly of land, Aram 4 Mos 23,7; 2 Sam 15,8 + 2 Kron 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, 1 Mos 24,10; 5 Mos 23,5; Dom 3,8 (compare Sl 60,2 above); compare ׳פַּדַּן א Paddan-Aram 1 Mos 25,20; 1 Mos 31,18; 1 Mos 33,18; 1 Mos 35,9; 1 Mos 35,26; 1 Mos 46,15, ׳פַּדֶּ֫נָה א 1 Mos 28,2; 1 Mos 28,5; 1 Mos 28,6; 1 Mos 28,7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2 Sam 8,6 compare 1 Kron 18,6.
\ \ c. often indeterminate, especially in ׳מֶלֶךְ א etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Dom 2,11; Dom 10,6 (׳אֱלֹהֵי א) 1 Kong 10,29 + 2 Kron 1,17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Es 7,1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
\ \ a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2 Sam 8,5 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 8,6 + 1 Kong 20,20; 1 Kong 20,21 + 1 Kron 19,10; 1 Kron 19,12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9,7; Es 7,2; Es 7,4; Es 7,5; Es 7,8; Es 9,11; Es 17,3; so Ezk 16,57; Ezk 27,16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1,5 of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב ׳א 2 Sam 10,6, צוֺבָא ׳א 2 Sam 10,6; 2 Sam 10,8; Sl 60,2 (title), דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2 Sam 8,5 compare 1 Kron 18,5, even נַהֲרַיִם ׳א Sl 60,2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT 1 Mos 10,22, also Dll.c.); on 2 Sam 8,12; 2 Sam 8,13; 1 Kron 18,11 see אֱדוֺם.
\ \ b. less often clearly of land, Aram 4 Mos 23,7; 2 Sam 15,8 + 2 Kron 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, 1 Mos 24,10; 5 Mos 23,5; Dom 3,8 (compare Sl 60,2 above); compare ׳פַּדַּן א Paddan-Aram 1 Mos 25,20; 1 Mos 31,18; 1 Mos 33,18; 1 Mos 35,9; 1 Mos 35,26; 1 Mos 46,15, ׳פַּדֶּ֫נָה א 1 Mos 28,2; 1 Mos 28,5; 1 Mos 28,6; 1 Mos 28,7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2 Sam 8,6 compare 1 Kron 18,6.
\ \ c. often indeterminate, especially in ׳מֶלֶךְ א etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Dom 2,11; Dom 10,6 (׳אֱלֹהֵי א) 1 Kong 10,29 + 2 Kron 1,17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Es 7,1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.