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title: רָם — Ram. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָם (7410), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Ram. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָם

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«רָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ram. See also** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7410 · **BDB:** רָם

### Glosses

Ram (5); of.Ram (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ram. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7410/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7410/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an ancestor of David, Ru 4:19(×2), brother of Jerachmeel 1 Ch 2:9, 10. son of J. 1 Ch 2:25, 27.—Αρραν, Ραμ, etc. name of Elihu’s family, Jb 32:2 (Ραμ\[α\], Αραμ), dub., cf. Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7410/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.19/)

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וְחֶצְרוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־רָ֔ם וְרָ֖ם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־עַמִּֽינָדָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and Hezron he.fathered (et) Ram and Ram he.fathered (et) Amminadab

*JPS 1917:* and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;

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[1 Chronicles 2:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.27/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־רָ֖ם בְּכ֣וֹר יְרַחְמְאֵ֑ל מַ֥עַץ וְיָמִ֖ין וָעֵֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Ram the.firstborn of.Jerahmeel Maaz and Jamin and Eker

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

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