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title: רָמָה — cast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָמָה (7411), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cast. BDB 1906: vb. cast, shoot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָמָה

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«רָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cast** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7411 · **BDB:** רָמָה³

### Glosses

he.has.thrown (2); a.shooter (1); of.shooters (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7411/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cast, shoot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7411/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cast, shoot (Assyrian ramû, throw, lay; Arabic رَمَى throw, shoot; Ethiopic ረመየ: strike, aim a blow at; Aramaic רְמָא, ܪܡܳܐ cast, throw);— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳, subj. י׳ Ex 15:1, 21 (song), c. acc. + בַּיָּם; Pt. רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת Je 4:29 coll. (or read רֹמֵי) bow-shooters, bowmen, pl. cstr. נוֹשְׁקֵי רוֹמֵי־ק׳ ψ 78:9 (v. II. נשׁק); cf. רֹבֵה Gn 21:20 (v. II. רבה, קַשָּׁת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7411/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.9/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Ephraim \[were\].equipped of.shooters of.a.bow they.turned.back on.\[the\] day of.battle

*JPS 1917:* The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.

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[Exodus 15:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.21/)

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וַתַּ֥עַן לָהֶ֖ם מִרְיָ֑ם שִׁ֤ירוּ לַֽיהוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and she.sang to them Miriam sing to Yahweh (dm) highly.(exalted) he.is.exalted horse and rider its he.has.thrown in the sea

*JPS 1917:* And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.

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