Lexical Definition

‎רָמָה‎ Râmâh (raw-maw') Ramah ^N:N--L
the same as ‎רָמָה‎

Ramah.

• § Ramah = "hill"
• Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

1) a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah
2) the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim
3) a fortified city in Naphtali
4) landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon
5) a place of battle between Israel and Syria
5a) also 'Ramoth-gilead'
6) a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

See Greek: Ῥαμᾶ · Ἀριμαθαία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: רָאמוֹת

II. ‎רָמָה‎ proper name, of a location usually with article ‎׳‎‎הָר‎ the Height, Rama, ‎הָרָמָה‎ (except Jer 31:15; Neh 11:33):

1. in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hos 5:8; 1Kgs 15:17; 1Kgs 15:21; 1Kgs 15:22 = 2Chr 16:1; 2Chr 16:5; 2Chr 16:6; Judg 4:5; Judg 19:3; Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Jer 40:1; Josh 18:25 (P), Ezra 2:26 = Neh 7:30, probably also Neh 11:33 ᵐ5 usually Ραμα; modern er-Râm, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, Buhl^{Geogr. 172.}

2. in hill-country of Ephraim (= 1?), home of Samuel 1Sam 1:19; 1Sam 2:11; 1Sam 7:17; 1Sam 8:4; 1Sam 15:34; 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 19:18; 1Sam 19:22a (all with ‎ה‎ locative, ‎הָרָמָָ֫חָה‎), v1Sam 19:19 v1Sam 19:22 b; v1Sam 19:23 v1Sam 19:23; 1Sam 20:1; 1Sam 25:1; 1Sam 28:3, = ‎הָרָמָתַיִם‎ 1Sam 1:1 (see ‎צוּפִי‎); ᵐ5 Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from

1.) = Besit-Rima, 13 miles east-northeast of Lydda (GASm^{Geogr. 254} Buhl^{Geogr. 170}); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (Ew^{Hist. ii. 421} and others) [compare also Ἀριμαθαμα; Matt 27:57 +].

3. in Asher Josh 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre Rob^{BR iii. 79} Buhl^{Geogr. 231.}

4. in Naphtali, Josh 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A ᵐ5^L Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed Buhl^{Geogr. 222.}

5. ‎(בּ)רָמָה‎ 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; ᵐ5^L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see ‎רָמוֺת‎

1. — See Dr^{Hast. DB. RAMAH p. 847}.

Also see: רָמָתַיִם צוֹפִים

‎רָמָתַיִם‎ proper name, of a location ‎׳‎‎הָר‎ 1Sam 1:1, see II.‎רָמָה‎

2. above

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