Hiram
chu.ram is a personal name used in genealogical lists and in accounts of work, royal exchange, and ships connected with Solomon.
The form is consistently tagged as a proper noun and functions as a personal name: it occurs in a genealogy, in statements about building work, and in accounts involving Solomon, cities, servants, and ships.
Senses in use
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Personal name in narrative and genealogical accounts · dominant
Each cited form is tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 8:5 the APB renders a genealogical list ending “and Hiram”; in 2 Chronicles 4:11 it renders the named person as making vessels and completing work for King Solomon, while 2 Chronicles 8:18 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 place Hiram's servants and ships in maritime activity.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the proper name as “Hiram,” including in genealogical, work, and maritime clauses. Its English wording does not show the name in 2 Chronicles 2:2 or 2 Chronicles 2:10, although the supplied original forms occur there.