רָםRâm

1.

Pronunciation: rawm · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7410

Meanings

a. an ancestor of David (Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Chronicles 2:10)

b. son of Jerachmeel (1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:27)

2. name of Elihu's family (Job 32:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 4:19 Hezron was the father of Ram. Ram was the father of Amminadab.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:9 The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram (the firstborn), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:27 The sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
  • Job 32:2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).