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# רָמָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7414

**Ramah** — used 36 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ramah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7414/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָמָה²: n.pr.loc. Height, Rama [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7414/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. usually c. art. הָר׳ the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Je 31:15 Ne 11:33): in Benj., on border of Ephr., Ho 5:8; 1 K 15:17, 21, 22 = 2 Ch 16:1, 5, 6; Ju 4:5; 19:3; Is 10:29; Je 31:15; 40:1; Jos 18:25 (P), Ezr 2:26 = Ne 7:30, prob. also Ne 11:33; 𝔊 usually Ραμα; mod. er-Râm, 5 miles N. of Jerus., BuhlGeogr. 172. in hill-country of Ephr. (= 1?), home of Samuel 1 S 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18, 22a (all c. ה loc., הָרָמָ֫תָה), v 19, 22b, 23(×2); 20:1; 25:1; 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם 1:1 (v. צוּפִי); 𝔊 Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from 1) = Beit-Rima, 13 miles ENE. of Lydda (GASmGeogr. 254 BuhlGeogr. 170); or Râm-allah, 3 m. SW. of Bethel (EwHist. ii. 421 al.) \[cf. also Ἀριμαθαία Mt 27:57 +\]. in Asher Jos 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, c. 12 miles E. of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231. in Naphtali, Jos 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A 𝔊L Ραμα; mod. Râmeh, c. 8 miles WSW. of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222. (בָּ)רָמָה 2 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 22:6 (Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; 𝔊L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), v. רָמוֹת 1—Vid. Dr Hast. DB. RAMAH.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (18 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ramah (27); (the) (8); Ramath (1).

## In the verses

[Nehemiah 11:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.33/#tree)

חָצ֥וֹר ׀ רָמָ֖ה גִּתָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* Hazor Ramah Gittaim

*JPS 1917:* Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

[Joshua 18:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.25/#tree)

גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* Gibeon and (the) Ramah and Beeroth

*JPS 1917:* Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7414.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7414/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).