Aram, son of Shem

Aram (Hebrew: אֲרָם‎‎ ’Ărām) 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. 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.

Aram son of Shem is recognized as a prophet in Mandaeism and as an Islamic prophet. Aram is usually regarded as being the eponymous ancestor of the Aramaean people of Northern Mesopotamia and Syria.

The name Aram (אֲרָם‎, transliterated ʾĂrām) means etymologically "height, high region", according to Wilhelm Gesenius and "the highland" according to Strong's Concordance, in which it is referred to as Hebrew word #758.

A related word, ארמון ('armôn, Strong's number #759), is assigned the glosses "citadel, castle, palace" by Brown-Driver-Briggs. The corresponding entry in Strong's Concordance reads, "759 'armown ar-mone' from an unused root (meaning to be elevated); a citadel (from its height):--castle, palace. Compare 2038" Strong #2038, in turn, is הרמון (harmôn) "From the same as 2036; a castle (from its height): - palace."

The Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible uses the Hebrew word ארמי ărammì for Aramean (or Syrian, some translations). Bethuel the Aramean from Padan-aram is identified as the father-in-law of Isaac.Laban the son of Bethuel is also referred to as an Aramean who lived in Haran in Padan-aram (map, bottom).Deuteronomy 26:5 might refer to the fact that both Jacob and his grandfather Abraham had lived for a time in Syria, or to Jacob being the son of a Syrian mother: "Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.' " (New International Version) The Hebrew word רמי rammîy is found at 2 Chronicles 22:5, also translated Aramaean or Syrian.

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