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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Aram


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Aram Aram

There are quite a few Arams mentioned in Scriptures. Aram is the name of a son of Shem, who is a son of Noah (Gen10:22). The next Aram is a son of Kemuel, who is a son of Nahor with Milca (Gen 22:21). Aram number three is a son of Shemer, son of Heber, son of Beriah, son of Asher, son of Jacob with Zilpah (1 Chr 7:34). Aram is also the name of a district in Gilead (1 Chr 2:23), and a region in Mesopotamia (see Paddan Aram).

The name Aram comes probably from rum (rum 2133) meaning to be high, rise up. Jones reads High, Elevated. NOBSE reads Elevated.

However, there is an assumed root Aram ('rm 164) that, according to BDB, may indeed have something to do with the word rum (rum 2133) and which is identical to our name. The meaning of the root was lost over the ages, but a derivation stands to this day: armon ('armon 164a), citadel, palace. The use of this word is largely limited to the message that God will burn up the various "palaces" of certain nations. Palaces were typically built on elevations, but symbolically they denoted the capital of nations, their apices.



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