He was the founder of the Semitic tribe of nomads and traders thateventually occupied the are a from Syria south to the Arabian border, andspoke the language known as Aramean. (Everyon e in the Bible, by WilliamP. Barker, 1966) He was the founder of the Aramaeans, known to the Akkadians as the Aramu,but who were later k nown to the Greeks as Syrians (from Serug?). In anAssyrian inscription of Tiglath-pileser I , c. 1100 B.C., the Aramae aredescribed as living to the east of the river Tigris. About th e time ofTiglath-pileser III, however, they are living all over Mesopotamia; afterwhich, of c ourse, they settled to the west, occupying roughly the samearea that makes up modern Syria . A cuniform tablet from Ur bears thename of Aramu, and it is of interest to note that Arama ic is still spokentoday. (Internet: www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation01.htm)