ארם נהרים

Hebrew

Etymology

From אֲרַם (“Aram”) and נהריים / נַהֲרַיִם, the dual of נהר (“river”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʁam nahaˈʁajim/

Proper noun

אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם • (arám naharáyim)

Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris), a region in Mesopotamia where Abraham was born.

References

H763 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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