What does "aramean" mean?

Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.

What is a synonym for "aramean"?

Common synonyms include: aramaean, aramaean, aramaean.

How do you pronounce "aramean"?

Pronounced //æ.ɹəˈmiː.ən//.

Aramean

//æ.ɹəˈmiː.ən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.
2
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC wordnet

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram. not-comparable

Adjective

1
of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language wordnet

Proper Noun

1
The Aramaic language.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

From Latin Aramaeus + -an, with the first component from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix) (compare with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ean.

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