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title: רָאמוֹת — corals · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָאמוֹת (7215), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: corals. BDB 1906: f.pl. corals. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָאמוֹת

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«רָאמוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **corals** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 7215 · **BDB:** רָאמוֹת

### Glosses

corals (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

corals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7215/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

f.pl. corals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7215/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.pl.\] usually corals (so Ki; black corals Thes (פְּנִינִים = red corals); cf. Arabic رَأْمَةٌ, sea-shell, WeHeid. 2. 163);—as costly Jb 28:18, as merchandise, רָאמֹת Ez 27:16;—רָאמוֹת לֶאֱוִיל חָכְמוֹת Pr 24:7, reading and sense dub., v. Toy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָאמוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7215/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.18/)

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רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

*Word for word:* corals and crystal not it.is.remembered and.\[the\] price of.wisdom \[is\].more than.corals

*JPS 1917:* No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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[Ezekiel 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.16/)

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אֲרָ֥ם סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ מֵרֹ֣ב מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ אַרְגָּמָ֨ן וְרִקְמָ֤ה וּבוּץ֙ וְרָאמֹ֣ת וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד נָתְנ֖וּ בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* Aram \[was\].your trader from the.abundance your.products your for turquoise purple and multicolored.material and fine.linen and corals and ruby they.exchanged for wares your

*JPS 1917:* Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

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