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title: רָמֹם — be exalted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָמֹם (7426), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be exalted. BDB 1906: vb. be exalted Pōʿl. Hithpōʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָמֹם

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«רָמֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be exalted** — 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:** 7426 · **BDB:** רָמֹם

### Glosses

they.rose (3); get.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be exalted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7426/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be exalted Pōʿl. Hithpōʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7426/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be exalted (‖ form (according to Mas.) of רום);— Pf. 3 pl. רוֹמּוּ מְעַט וְאֵינֶנּוּ Jb 24:24 (perhaps pass. form Ges§ 67 m. Bu; Du רֻמוֹ);—Pt. רֹמֵם v. רום Pōʿl. Impf. 1 s. אֵרוֹמָ֔ם Is 33:10 (‖ אֶנָּשֵׂא; Hithpōʿl. from רום Köi. 454 Ges§ 54 c), 3 mpl. וַיֵּרֹ֫מּוּ Ez 10:15 (of cherubim), יֵרוֹ֫מּוּ v 17, וַיֵּרוֹ֫מּוּ v 19; Imv. mpl. הֵרֹ֫מּוּ מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה Nu 17:10 (P).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7426/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.15/)

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וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּ הַכְּרוּבִ֑ים הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי בִּֽנְהַר־כְּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.rose the cherubim that \[was\].the living.creature which I.had.seen at the.river of.Kebar

*JPS 1917:* And the cherubim mounted up — this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

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[Ezekiel 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.17/)

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בְּעָמְדָ֣ם יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ וּבְרוֹמָ֖ם יֵר֣וֹמּוּ אוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ הַחַיָּ֖ה בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* when they stood.still they.stood.still and when rose they they.rose with them (dm) the.spirit of the.living.creature \[was\].in them

*JPS 1917:* When they stood, these stood, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

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