Lexical Definition

‎רָאמוֹת‎ Râʼmôwth (raw-moth') Ramoth ^N:N--L
or רָאמֹת Râʼmôth (rawmoth'); plural of ‎רָאמָה‎; heights

Ramoth.

• § Ramoth = "heights"
• Ramoth, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a place in Gilead; site dubious
2) a Levitical city in Issachar

Extended Information

spelling of: רָמֹת גִּלעָד

• Ramoth = "heights"
• a Levitical city in Issachar
• Another spelling of ra.mot gi.l.ad (‎ר‎ָ‎מ‎ֹ‎ת‎ "Ramoth" רָמֹת גִּלעָד)

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Also see: גִּלְעָד | רָמָה | רָמוֹת | יְרִימוֹת

‎רָ(א)מוֺת‎₂₆ proper name

1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
a. in Gilead, ‎רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד‎ Josh 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer vJosh 21:36 P), ‎׳‎‎רָאמוֺת בַּגּ‎ (of Gad) Deut 4:43; 1Chr 6:65*, ‎׳‎‎רָאמֹת בַּגּ‎ Josh 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ [Josh 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ‎׳‎‎רָמת ג‎ (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1Kgs 4:13 + 19 t. Kings Chronicles (see ‎גִּלְעָד‎ 1 d); = II. ‎רָמָה‎ 5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag^{287. 91}) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome](/btb/not_created.html) Ib.¹⁴⁵. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence Di^{Gen 31:54} Buhl^{G. 261 f.} conjectures el-Jal`aud, approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; Smerrill^{East of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH} G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASm^{G. 586} some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in Dr^{Dt Add. xviii f.}, q. v. especially against es-Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
b. ‎רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב‎ 1Sam 30:27, see ‎רָאׅמַׅת‎

3.
c. ‎רָאמוֺת‎, Levitical City in Issachar 1Chr 6:58* (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5^L Ραμωθ), probably = ‎רֶ֫מֶת‎ Josh 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and ‎יַרְמוּת‎ 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di^{Josh 19:21}).

2. masculine ‎(וְ)רָמוֺת‎ Ezra 10:29 Qr (Kt ‎ירמות‎) see ‎יְרֵימוֺת‎ 5 c, p.438.

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