Aram

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aram"

English

Etymology

From Latin Aram, from Biblical Hebrew אֲרַם (ʾăram).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aram

  1. (historical, biblical) A historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans.
    Synonym: Aramea

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Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aram

  1. (historical, biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans)
    • 1985, Alkitab Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari (BIS), Kitab Hosea 12:12:
      Yakub melarikan diri ke tanah Aram, dan Israel memperhambakan diri untuk mendapat isteri, ya, untuk mendapat isteri ia menjadi gembala.
      Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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Latin

Etymology

Hebrew אֲרָם (ʾĂrām)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Āram ? sg (indeclinable)

  1. (historical, biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans)
    Synonym: Aramaea
    • 1728, In Jobum, historiam populi Israelis in Assyriaco exilio, Samaria eversa, et regno extincto[1], page 235:
      Præterea omnes illæ aramææ provinciæ, uti gerunt nomen Aram, Aramææ, ita & in reliquis illis aramææ provinciis nati, appellati ſunt ארם vel ארמי Aramæus.
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    • 1979, Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Prophetia Osee 12:12:
      Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.
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Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈɾɑːm/

Proper noun

Aram ?

  1. a male given name