Lexical Summary Ramah: "height", the name of several places in Isr Original Word: רָמָהTransliteration: Ramah Phonetic Spelling: (raw-maw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "height", the name of several places in Isr Meaning: Ramah -- "height", the name of several places in Israel Strong's Concordance Ramah The same as ramah; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine -- Ramah. see HEBREW ramah Brown-Driver-Briggs H7414. Ramah II. רָמָה proper name, of a location usually with article ׳הָר the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Jeremiah 31:15; Nehemiah 11:33): 1 in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hosea 5:8; 1 Kings 15:17, 21, 22 2 Chronicles 16:1, 5, 6; Judges 4:5; 19:3; Isaiah 10:29; Jeremiah 31:15; 40:1; Joshua 18:25 (P), Ezra 2:26 = Nehemiah 7:30, probably also 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 1 Samuel 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18, 22a (all with ה locative, הָרָמָָ֫חָה), 19:19; 19:22 b; 19:23; 19:23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם 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; Matthew 27:57 +]. 3 in Asher Joshua 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231. 4 in Naphtali, Joshua 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A ᵐ5L Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222. 5 (בּ)רָמָה 2 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; ᵐ5L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת 1 — See DrHast. DB. RAMAH p. 847. רָמָתַיִם proper name, of a location ׳הָר 1 Samuel 1:1, see II.רָמָה 2 above |
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