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See Aramaea and Arameans . Aram-Naharaim or " Aram of the two rivers," an ill-defined region that is mentioned six times in the Hebrew Bible . The specific "two rivers" are variously identified by various scholars, though one of the rivers is generally the Euphrates . The compilers of the Jewish Encyclopedia , in 1901 did not find the name in Babylonian or Assyrian inscriptions, but identified it with Nahrima in three tablets of the Amarna correspondence. " Aramean " was a term used by the Israelites to distinguish these closely related Arpachshadite so-called "Children of Eber " tribes from their more distant cousins to the east known as Aram. v t e1
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Aram-Naharaim or " Aram of Two Rivers," is a region that is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible .It is commonly identified with Nahrima mentioned in three tablets of the Amarna correspondence as a geographical description of the kingdom of Mitanni .In Genesis, it is used somewhat interchangeably with the names Paddan Aram and Haran to denote the place where Abraham settled with his father Terah 's family after leaving Ur of the Chaldees , while en route to Canaan (Gen. 11:31), and the place to which later patriarchs returned for marriage.Paddan Aram refers to the part of Aram-Naharaim along the upper Euphrates, while Haran is mainly identified with the ancient city of Harran on the Balikh River .According to one rabbinical Jewish tradition, the birthplace of Abraham (Ur) was also situated in Aram-Naharaim.
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Aram-Naharaim ארם נהריים : Aramaic is a region that is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament . It is commonly identified with Nahrima mentioned in three tablets of the Amarna correspondence as a geographical description of the kingdom of Mitanni . In Genesis, it is used somewhat interchangeably with the names Paddan Aram and Haran to denote the place where Abraham stayed briefly with his father Terah 's family after leaving Ur of the Chaldees , while en route to Canaan (Gen. 11:31), and the place to which later patriarchs obtained wives, rather than marry daughters of Canaan. Paddan Aram refers to the part of Aram-Naharaim along the upper Euphrates, while Haran is mainly identified with the ancient city of Harran on the Balikh River . According to one rabbinical Jewish tradition, the birthplace of Abraham (Ur) was also situated in Aram-Naharaim.
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Aram-Naharaim is the ancient land of the Arameans and biblical term for a region in Upper Mesopotamia along the elbow of the Euphrates River. It is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament . In Genesis, it is used somewhat interchangeably with the names Paddan Aram and Haran to denote the place where Abraham stayed briefly with his father Terah 's family after leaving Ur of the Chaldees , while en route to Canaan (Gen. 11:31), and the place from which later patriarchs obtained wives, rather than marry daughters of Canaan. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Biblical term for the ancient land of the Arameans Aramean states (various non-green shades) in Upper Mesopotamia during the 9th century BCE Aram-Naharaim ( ʾĂram Nahărayīm ; ; "Aram between (the) rivers") is the biblical term for the ancient land of the Arameans referring to the region along the great bend of the Euphrates river.Aram-Naharaim is also mentioned as Nahrima of the Arameans in the El-Amarna letters . It is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament . In Genesis, it is used somewhat interchangeably with the names Paddan Aram and Haran to denote the place where Abraham stayed briefly with his father Terah 's family after leaving Ur of the Chaldees , while en route to Canaan (Gen. 11:31), and the place from which later patriarchs obtained wives, rather than marry daughters of Canaan. Both the Septuagint (early Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible ) and Flavius Josephus translate the name as Mesopotamia .Ancient writers later used the name "Mesopotamia" for all of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates.However, the usage of the Hebrew name "Aram-Naharaim" does not match this later usage of "Mesopotamia", the Hebrew term referring to a northern region within Mesopotamia.The translation of the name as "Mesopotamia" was not consistent – the Septuagint also uses a more precise translation "Mesopotamia of Syria" as well as "Rivers of Syria".During the Late Antiquity and throughout the Early Medieval period, regional dialect of Aramaic language was called Nahraya , an endonymic (native) term, derived from choronym (regional name) Bet-Nahrain , a variant Aramaic name for Mesopotamians regions in general. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Biblical term for the ancient land of the Arameans Aram-Naharaim ( Hebrew : אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם ʾĂram Nahărayim ) is the biblical term for an ancient land along the great bend of the Euphrates River . It is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament . In Genesis, it is used somewhat interchangeably with the names Paddan Aram and Haran to denote the place where Abraham stayed briefly with his father Terah 's family after leaving Ur of the Chaldees , while en route to Canaan (Gen. 11:31), and the place from which later patriarchs obtained wives, rather than marry daughters of Canaan.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mentioned six times in the hebrew bible”. Today it says “biblical term for an ancient land along the great bend of the euphrates river”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Biblical term for the ancient land of the Arameans Aramean states (various non-green shades) in Upper Mesopotamia during the 9th century BCE”. It now reads “Biblical term for the ancient land of the Arameans”. Read the current article and compare.
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mentioned six times in the hebrew bible
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biblical term for an ancient land along the great bend of the euphrates river
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