אֲרָם

H758. Aram
אֲרָם149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
1 5th son of Shem Gen 10:22-23, 1Ch 1:17.
2 grandson of Nahor Gen 22:21.
3 1Ch 2:23.
4 a descendant of Asher 1Ch 7:34. — Elsewhere only of AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine2Sa 8:5 masculine2Sa 10:14.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2Sa 8:5 (twice in verse); 2Sa 8:6 + 1Ki 20:20-21, + 1Ch 19:10, 1Ch 19:12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amo 9:7; Isa 7:2, Isa 7:4, Isa 7:5, Isa 7:8; Isa 9:11; Isa 17:3; Jer 35:11; so Eze 16:57; Eze 27:16, but Co in both אֲרָם עַם אדום Amo 1:5; of particular divisions of Aram, ׳א רְחוֺב בית 2Sa 10:6, ׳א צוֺבָא 2Sa 10:6, 2Sa 10:8; Psa 60:2 (title), ׳א דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2Sa 8:5 compare 1Ch 18:5, even ׳א נַהֲרַיִם Psa 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 Dll.c.); on 2Sa 8:12-13, 1Ch 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Num 23:7; 2Sa 15:8 2Ch 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), א ׳שְׂדֵה Hos 12:13; also of particular divisions of the territory ׳א נַהֲרַיִם 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gen 24:10; Deu 23:5; Jdg 3:8 (compare Psa 60:2 above); compare א ׳מַּדַּן Paddan-Aram Gen 25:20; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9, Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15, א ׳מַּדֶּ֫נָה Gen 28:2, Gen 28:5, Gen 28:6, Gen 28:7 see פדן; ׳א דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2Sa 8:6 compare 1Ch 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in א ׳מֶלֶךְ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Jdg 2:11; Jdg 10:6 (א ׳אֱלֹהֵי) 1Ki 10:29 2Ch 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isa 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)