אֲרָם n.pr.m. Aram
1. 5th son of Shem
2. grandson of Nahor
3.
4. a descendant of Asher
—Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 supr.)
a. people, sg. coll. = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements
b. less often clearly of land; also of particular divisions of territory א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ‘Mesopotamia,’ i.e. prob. land between Euphrates & Chaboras; cf. פַּדַּן א׳ Paddan-Aram
c. often indeterminate