Difference between revisions of "Arumah"

<p> (Heb. Arumah', אֲרוּמָה, prob. for ''Rumah,'' with א prosthetic; Sept. Ἀρημά )'','' a city apparently near Shechem, in which Abimelech the son of [[Gideon]] resided (&nbsp;Judges 9:41). It has been conjectured that the word in &nbsp;Judges 9:31, בְּתָרְמָה, rendered "privily," and in the margin " at Tormah," may signify " at Arumah" by changing the ת to an א '''.''' It seems to be confounded with [[Rumah]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 23:36) by Euseb. and Jerome, who state ''(Onomast.'' s.v. Ruma) that it (Ἀρίμ, '''Arima)'' was then called ''Remphis'' or Arimathceal The suggestion of [[Van]] de Velde (Memoir, p. 288) appears to be correct that it is represented by the modern ruin ElOrmah, on the brow of a mountain S.E. of Shechem. </p> <p> Arumah. </p> <p> The site proposed for this place by Van de Velde (Memoir, p. 288), and adopted by Tristram (Bible Places, p.'192), is laid down as El-Ormeh on the Ordnance Map, six and three fourth miles south-east of Nablfs, as a square ruin on the western edge of a tongue or spur projecting southwards from the general range of hills (2700 feet above the sea), with two or three old cisterns just to the north, and some other remains of a circular form a little to the east. A spring called [[Ain]] Aulam or Aulun lies half a 'mile to the west, just across the valley. </p>

<p> '''''a''''' -'''''roo´ma''''' ( ארומה , <i> ''''''ărūmah''''' </i> , "lofty"): The town in which Abimelech, the son of [[Jerubbaal]] (Gideon), dwelt when driven from [[Shechem]] (&nbsp;Judges 9:41 ). The ruins El-Ormeh, 6 miles Southeast of Shechem, may be on the site, though its position is not known with certainty. </p>