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H7216

H7216 — רָאמוֹת רָאמוֹת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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HebrewRa'mowthName/l.Occurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7216
Word:רָאמוֹת רָאמוֹת
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:plural of H7215
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:Ra'mowth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:raw-moth' (or Ramoth {raw-moth'}) n/l.
Meaning:1. heights 2. Ramoth, the name of two places in Israel
KJV Renderings:Ramoth.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7810

II. רָמָה proper name [of a location] usually with article ׳ הָר the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Jer 31:15; Neh 11:33):

1. in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hos 5:8; 1Kgs 15:17; 1Kgs 15:21; 1Kgs 15:22 = 2Chr 16:1; 2Chr 16:5; 2Chr 16:6; Judg 4:5; Judg 19:3; Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Jer 40:1; Josh 18:25 ( P ), Ezra 2:26 = Neh 7:30, probably also Neh 11:33 ᵐ5 usually Ραμα; modern er-Râm, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, BuhlGeogr. 172.
2. in hill-country of Ephraim (= 1?), home of Samuel 1Sam 1:19; 1Sam 2:11; 1Sam 7:17; 1Sam 8:4; 1Sam 15:34; 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 19:18; 1Sam 19:22a (all with ה locative, הָרָמָָ֫חָה), 1Sam 19:19 1Sam 19:22 b; 1Sam 19:23 1Sam 19:23; 1Sam 20:1; 1Sam 25:1; 1Sam 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם 1Sam 1:1 (see צוּפִי ); ᵐ5 Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from 1.) = Besit-Rima, 13 miles east-northeast of Lydda (GASmGeogr. 254 BuhlGeogr. 170); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (EwHist. ii. 421 and others) [compare also Ἀριμαθαμα; Matt 27:57 +].
3. in Asher Josh 19:29 ( P ), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231.
4. in Naphtali, Josh 19:36 ( P ), Αραηλ, A ᵐ5 L Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222.
5. (בּ)רָמָה 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; ᵐ5 L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת 1. — See DrHast. DB. RAMAH p. 847.

BDB7813

רָ(א)מוֺת26 proper name

1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Josh 21:38 ( Gi; van d. H. Baer Josh 21:36 P ), ׳ רָאמוֺת בַּגּ (of Gad) Deut 4:43; 1Chr 6:65, ׳ רָאמֹת בַּגּ Josh 20:8 ( P ), Ραμωθ [Josh 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ׳ רָמת ג (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1Kgs 4:13 + 19 t. Kings Chronicles (see גִּלְעָד 1.d.); = II. רָמָה 5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag287. 91 ) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.145. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence Di Gen 31:54 BuhlG. 261 f. conjectures el-Jal`aud , approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; SmerrillEast of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASmG. 586 some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in DrDt Add. xviii f., q. v. especially against es-Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
b. רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב 1Sam 30:27 , see רָאׅמַׅת 3.
c. רָאמוֺת, Levitical city in Issachar 1Chr 6:58 (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5 L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Josh 19:21 ( P ; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di Josh 19:21 ).
2. masculine (וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr ( Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5.c., p.438.

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