Arame

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Maori

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Hebrew אֲרָם (ʾĂrām)?”

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Arame

  1. Aram (historical region corresponding to present-day Syria and northern Israel)
    • 1868, Māori Bible, Hohea 12:12:
      I rere anō a Hākopa ki te māra a Arame, ā mahi ana a Iharaira hei utu wahine; hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.
      Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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Further reading

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  • “Arame” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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