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ʾăvīrām אֲבִירָם ‘Abiram’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and rūm רוּם ‘to exalt / be rotten’
Roots: אב רום

ʾăvīrām pr n m pers
Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"
1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus
2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

Mentioned in Numbers 16:1, 16:12, 16:24, 16:25, 16:27, 26:9 Deuteronomy 11:6 1 Kings 16:34 Psalms 106:17

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