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Piram, a Canaanite king of Jarmuth who joined the coalition against Gibeon in Joshua 10:3
This personal name belongs to one of the five Amorite kings who formed a coalition to attack Gibeon after it made peace with Israel. Piram ruled Jarmuth, a Canaanite city in the Shephelah lowlands west of Jerusalem. He joined with the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Lachish, and Eglon in response to Gibeon's treaty with Joshua, viewing it as a strategic betrayal. The coalition's siege of Gibeon triggered Israel's overnight march from Gilgal and the famous battle where the sun stood still. All five kings, including Piram, were captured, executed, and buried in the cave at Makkedah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Joshua 10:3 identifies Piram as king of Jarmuth, listing him third among the five-king alliance. The multilingual glosses preserve the proper name with minimal variation (Piram, Piream). Jarmuth has been identified with modern Khirbet Yarmuk, strategically located in the Judean foothills. Piram's participation in this ill-fated coalition represents the organized Canaanite resistance to Israel's entry, and his defeat marked a crucial step in Joshua's conquest of the southern hill country. 1×
AR["فِرْأامَ"]·ben["পির্যামের"]·DE["Piram"]·EN["Piram"]·FR["Piram"]·heb["פראם"]·HI["पिराम"]·ID["Piram"]·IT["Piram"]·jav["Piram"]·KO["비름에게"]·PT["Pir'am"]·RU["Пираму"]·ES["Piream"]·SW["Piramu"]·TR["Piram'a"]·urd["فرعام"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פִּרְאָם n.pr.m. Canaanite king of Jarmuth Jos 10:3, Φειδων, 𝔊L Φεδαμ, A Φερααμ.