BDB7673
[רָאַם] verb (Masora Thes and others) rise (si vera lectio, || form of רום); —
Qal
Perfect 3 feminine singular רָאֲמָה
Zech 14:10,
but < read רָאמָה = רָ֫מָה (√רום), Ges«GKC:72p»§ 72p.
Strong's Lexicon
H7414
H7414 — רָמָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H7414 |
|---|---|
| Word: | רָמָה |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | the same as H7413 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 36 |
| Transliteration: | Ramah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | raw-maw' |
| Meaning: | 1. Ramah, the name of four places in Israel |
| KJV Renderings: | Ramah. |
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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.
BDB7814
רָמָתַיִם proper name [of a location] ׳ הָר 1Sam 1:1, see II. רָמָה 2 above