אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
a.ram na.ha.ra.yimMesopotamia
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place10 occurrences5 books5 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Aram-naharaim: A region mentioned in the title of Psalm 60
- Mesopotamia: The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Definition
from H758 and the dual of H5104; Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
Traditional renderings: Aram-naharaim, Mesopotamia.
Traditional renderings: Aram-naharaim, Mesopotamia.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
10 total
- Genesis 24:10 (2×)אֲרַ֥ם; נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם · in Aram-naharaimThen 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.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 (2×)אֲרַ֥ם; נַהֲרַ֖יִם · in Aram-naharaimFor 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.
- Judges 3:8 (2×)אֲרַ֣ם; נַהֲרָ֑יִם · of Aram-naharaimThen 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.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 (2×)אֲרַ֨ם; נַהֲרַ֜יִם · Aram-naharaimWhen 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.
- Psalm 60:1 (2×)אֲרַ֣ם; נַהֲרַיִם֮ · Aram-naharaimFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!