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title: רָמַס — trample · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָמַס (7429), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: trample. BDB 1906: vb. trample. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָמַס

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«רָמַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trample** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 7429 · **BDB:** רָמַס

### Glosses

it (3); it.trampled (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trample [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7429/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. trample [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7429/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. trample (NH id.; J.Aram רְמַס; cf. perhaps Syriac ܪܦܰܣ, Arabic رَفَسَ kick (BaES 33 Köii. 196); رَمَسَ is bury, and conceal grave);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְר׳ Mi 5:7; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְמֹם Ez 26:11 ψ 7:6, יִרְמָס־ Is 41:25, sf. וַיִּרְמְסֶנָּה 2 K 9:33, etc.; Imv. fs. רִמְסִי Na 3:14; Inf. cstr. רְמֹס Is 1:12; Pt. רֹמֵס Is 16:4;—trample, of men, c. acc. חֲצֵרָ֑י Is 1:12, חוּצוֹת Ez 26:11 (by horses’ hoofs), טִיט Is 41:25 (in sim.), cf. ר׳ בַחֹמֶר Na 3:14, acc. מִרְעֶה Ez 34:18 (in fig.); trample down, acc. pers., anim., vel rei, 2 K 7:17, 20, so (by horses’ hoofs) 9:33, יִר׳ לָאָרֶץ חַיָּי֑ ψ 7:6; 91:13 (‖ תִּדְרֹךְ); subj. י׳ Is 63:3 (fig.; + דָּֽרַךְ), subj. רֶגֶל Is 26:6; subj. beast 2 K 14:9 (allegory) = 2 Ch 25:18; Dn 8:7 (vision), of horn, v 10; abs. of lion, וְר׳ וְטָרַף Mi 5:7 (sim.); pt. as subst. coll. tramplers (i.e. devastators) Is 16:4. be trampled, Impf. 3 fpl. בְּרַגְלַיִם תֵּרָמַ֑סְנָה Is 28:3 (on subj. cf. Di Du CheHpt Köi. 183).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7429/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.6/)

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תִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּה רָ֑גֶל רַגְלֵ֥י עָנִ֖י פַּעֲמֵ֥י דַלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* it will.trample.it a.foot \[the\].feet of.\[the\].afflicted \[the\].footsteps of.poor.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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[Isaiah 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.3/)

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בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה עֲטֶ֥רֶת גֵּא֖וּת שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* with feet they.will.be.trampled the.crown of.(the).pride of.the.drunkards of.Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;

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