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)

1. 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