HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6502
פִּרְאָם
pir.am — Piram
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3 § Piram = "like a wild ass" the Amorite king of Jarmuth at the time of the conquest
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Piram
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Historical dictionary entry
Like a wild ass, a king of Jarmuth, a royal city of the Canaanites, who was conquered and put to death by Joshua (10:3, 23, 26).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.