Aram

Aram's father was Shem . His paternal grandparents were Noah and Coba . He had four brothers named Arphaxad, Elam, Asshur and Lud. Aram is no longer alive.

General Notes
- He was the founder of the Aramaeans, known to the Akkadians as the Aramu, but who were later known to the Greeks as the Syrians (from Serug? see 29.) In an Assyrian inscription of Tiglath-pileser I, from ca 1100 BC, the Aramaeans are depicted as living to the east of the river Tigris. By the time of Tiglath-pileser III, however, some 400j years later, they were living all over Mesopotamia. After they settled to the west, occupying roughly the same area makes up modern Syria. A clay tablet from Ur bears the of Aramu, and it is of interest to note that Aramaic is still spoken today.
  (Refs: IDB 1:185. NBD 55-9.JA l.vi.3. P 1:28)