aramaean

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Definition of aramaean in English English dictionary

the Aramaic language

Of, or pertaining to Aramaeans or Aram

A West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in upper Mesopotamia (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They spoke Aramaic

{s} of or pertaining to Aram or its culture or its people, Aramaic

A member of any people belonging to a confederacy of tribes that migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to the Fertile Crescent 1500-1200 BC. Among them were the biblical matriarchs Leah and Rachel, wives of Jacob. The Aramaic language and culture spread through international trade. They reached a cultural peak during the 9th-8th centuries BC. By 500 BC, Aramaic had become the universal language of commerce, culture, and government throughout the Fertile Crescent and remained so through the time of Jesus and into the 7th century in some areas

{i} group of Semitic people that lived in Aram and in sections of Mesopotamia; member of such Semitic people that lived in Aram and in sections of Mesopotamia

Hyphenation

Ar·a·mae·an

Etymology

[ "ar-&-'mE-&n ] (noun.) 1839. Latin Aramaeus, from Greek Aramaios, from Hebrew `ArAm Aramaic, ancient name for Syria.