Aram Naharaim, Mesopotamia

Definisjon

= region, also known as {L:Paddan-Aram<SDBH:פַּדַּן אֲרָם>}; ◄ located in upper {L:Mesopotamia<SDBH:אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם>}, around the great bend of the {L:Euphrates<SDBH:פְּרָת>} River in northern {L:Syria<SDBH:אֲרָם>}; ► ancestral home of {L:Abraham<SDBH:אַבְרָהָם>}’s family, homeland of {L:Balaam<SDBH:בִּלְעָם>}, the son of {L:Beor<SDBH:בְּעֹור>}, and the country of {L:Cushan-Rishathaim<SDBH:כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם>}, the first of the kings who oppressed {L:Israel<SDBH:יִשְׂרָאֵל>} in the book of Judges ({A:ABD})