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title: רָמֹת — south Ramoth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָמֹת (7216), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: south Ramoth. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. Heights Ramôth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָמֹת

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«רָמֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **south Ramoth** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7216 · **BDB:** רָ(א)מוֹת

### Glosses

Ramoth (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

south Ramoth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7216/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. Heights Ramôth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7216/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. loc. Heights, Ramôth;— in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Jos 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer v 36; P), רָאמוֹת בַּגּ׳ (of Gad) Dt 4:43; 1 Ch 6:65, רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Jos 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ \[Jos 20:8 Αρημωθ\] ἐν (τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually רָמֹת ג׳ (Ρεμμαθ \[Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)\] Γαλ., etc.) 1 K 4:13 + 19 times K Ch (v. גִּלְעָד 1 d); = ii. רָמָה 5, q.v.; site dub.; Onom. (Lag 287. 91) 15 m. W. of Philadelphia \[Jer Ib. 145. 31 says E!\], hence Di Gn 31:54 BuhlG. 261f. conj. el-Jalʿaud, c. 17 Eng. m. NW. of Phil., and 3 m. S. of Yabboḳ; SMerill E. of Jordan, 284ff.; Hast. DB. Ramoth G. conj. (on gen. grounds) Jerash, c. 28 m. N. of Phil.; GASmG. 586 some place just S. of Yarmuk, cf. GACooke in Dr Dt Add. xviiif., q.v. especially against es-Salṭ (Seetzen al.). רָמוֹת־נֶגֶב 1 S 30:27, v. רָ(א)מַת 3. רָאמוֹת, Levit. city in Issachar 1 Ch 6:58 (Δαβωρ, 𝔊L Ραμωθ), prob. = רֶ֫מֶת Jos 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Jos 21:29, q.v. p. 438 (v. also Di Jos 19:21). (וְ)רָמוֹת Ezr 10:29 Qr (Kt ירמות) v. יְרֵימוֹת 5 c, p. 438.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7216/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.58/)

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וְאֶת־רָאמוֹת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־עָנֵ֖ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) Ramoth and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Anem and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and Ramoth with the open land about it, and Anem with the open land about it;

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[1 Chronicles 6:65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.65/)

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וּמִ֨מַּטֵּה־גָ֔ד אֶת־רָאמ֥וֹת בַּגִּלְעָ֖ד וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ וְאֶֽת־מַחֲנַ֖יִם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and from the.tribe of.Gad (et) Ramoth in (the) Gilead and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Mahanaim and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, and Mahanaim with the open land about it,

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