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Aram (Armenian: Արամ pronounced, Imperial Aramaic: אַרָם) is an Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia, and a popular masculine name in Aramaic and Armenian. [1] It appears in Hebrew , Aramaic as Aram, son of Shem and in cuneiform as Arame of Urartu .
Aram (Hebrew: אֲרָם Aram) is a son of Shem, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, and the father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash or Meshech. [1] The Book of Chronicles lists Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech as descendants of Shem, although without stating explicitly that Aram is the father of the other four.
Phoenician 12th c. BCE . Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE . Samaritan 6th c. BCE; Aramaic 8th c. BCE . Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE; Brahmi 3rd c. BCE ()Pallava 4th century . Cham 4th century; Dhives Akuru 6th century
According to philologist Armen Petrosyan, the name Aram is likely an Armenian word that directly developed from Proto-Indo-European * rēmo-, meaning "black". [1] [2] Petrosyan argues that both Armenian Aram and Indic Rama derive from a "common" Indo-European myth about a hero whose name means black (PIE * h₂reh₁mo-) defeating a foe named "bright, white, silver" (PIE * h₂erg-). [3]
This became more evident after the translation of the Kural into several European languages beginning in the early 18th century. For instance, Russian pacifist Leo Tolstoy was inspired by the concept of ahimsa and non-killing found in the Book of Aṟam after reading a German translation of the Kural, which bolstered his thoughts on pacifism. [42]
[6] [7] The people of Aram were called “Arameans” in Assyrian texts [8] and in the Hebrew Bible, [9] but the terms “Aramean” and “Aram” were never used by later Aramean dynasts to refer to themselves or their country, with the exception of the king of Aram-Damascus since his kingdom was also called Aram. [10] "
Aram (Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡌, romanized: ʾĀrām; Hebrew: אֲרָם, romanized: ʾĂrām; Syriac: ܐܪܡ) was a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible. The area did not develop into a larger empire but consisted of several small states in present-day Syria .
Aram (given name), including a list of people with the name; Aram (surname), including a list of people with the surname; Aram, son of Shem, a biblical figure; Aram, from whom the name of Armenia may derive; Aram I (born 1947), catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church; Aram (actress) (Azam Mirhabibi, born 1953), Iranian film actress