Lexical Definition

‎בָּמוֹת‎ Bâmôwth (baw-moth') Bamoth ^N:N--L
plural of ‎בָּמָה‎; heights; or (fully) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל Bâmôwth Baʻal (baw-moth' bah'-al); from the same and ‎בַּעַל‎; heights of Baal

Bamoth, Bamoth-baal.

• § Bamoth = "high places" or "great high place"
• Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan

1) a town on the river Arnon in Moab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּמוֺת‎ proper name, of a location (high place or great high place) place in Moab Num 21:19; Num 21:20 = ‎בָּמוֺת בַּעַל‎ Num 22:41; Josh 13:17 possibly on Mt. ±A‰‰arûs compare Di.

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Bamoth • Israelite encampment in Moab during the Exodus.

Bamoth was an Israelite encampment in Moab during the Exodus. (Numbers 21:19-20)

• A location near Pisgah פִּסְגָּה first mentioned at Num.21.19;
• only referred to as Bamoth בָּמוֹת.
  

Bamoth is mentioned in Numbers 21:19-20 as one of the places where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. It was located in the territory of Moab, near the Arnon River. The name "Bamoth" means "high places" in Hebrew, suggesting that it may have been situated on an elevated location.

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