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אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
Aram Naharayim
ar-am' nah-har-ah'-yim
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂram Nahărayim
“Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
Rendered in the KJV as
Aham-naharaim, Mesopotamia.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- אֲרַ֥ם2
- אֲרַ֣ם1
- אֲרַ֨ם1
- נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם1
- נַהֲרַ֖יִם1
- נַהֲרַ֜יִם1
- נַהֲרָ֑יִם1
How it is rendered · 2
- Aram4
- Naharaim4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)8
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- HNpl · 8
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 24:10אֲרַ֥םʾaramproper noun (a name)Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.here: Aram
- Genesis 24:10נַֽהֲרַ֖יִםnaharayimproper noun (a name)Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.here: Naharaim
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:4אֲרַ֥םʾaramproper noun (a name)For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.here: Aram
- Deuteronomy 23:4נַהֲרַ֖יִםnaharayimproper noun (a name)For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.here: Naharaim
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 3:8אֲרַ֣םʾaramproper noun (a name)Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.here: Aram
- Judges 3:8נַהֲרָ֑יִםnaharayimproper noun (a name)Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.here: Naharaim
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 19:6אֲרַ֨םʾaramproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.here: Aram
- 1 Chronicles 19:6נַהֲרַ֜יִםnaharayimproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.here: Naharaim