proper noun
Āram
Āram ? sg (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈaː.rãː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.ram]
Meaning
- historicalindeclinableAram (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)
Præterea omnes illæ aramææ provinciæ, uti gerunt nomen Aram, Aramææ, ita & in reliquis illis aramææ provinciis nati, appellati ſunt ארם vel ארמי Aramæus.
1728, In Jobum, historiam populi Israelis in Assyriaco exilio, Samaria eversa, et regno extincto, page 235:Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.
1979, Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Prophetia Osee 12:12:
Origins
Possibly borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָם (ʾĂrām).