§ Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers"

Mesopotamia

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

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