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title: רָמָה — Ramah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָמָה (7414), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: Ramah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Height, Rama. 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: **Ramah** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 7414 · **BDB:** רָמָה²

### Glosses

Ramah (27); (the) (8); Ramath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7414/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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חָצ֥וֹר ׀ רָמָ֖ה גִּתָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* Hazor Ramah Gittaim

*JPS 1917:* Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

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

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גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃

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

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

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