Lexical Definition

‎רַמְיָה‎ Ramyâh (ram-yaw') Ramiah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎רוּם‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has raised

Ramiah.

• § Ramiah = "Jehovah has loosened"
• Ramjah, an Israelite

1) a man who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.25

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַמְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (properly ‎׳‎‎י‎ hath loosened?); — one with foreign wife Ezra 10:25, Παμιά(ς). I, II. ‎רָמָה‎ see ‎רום‎. ‎רִמָּה‎ see II. ‎רמם‎

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Male • Returned divorcee • One of the men who married foreign women

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Ramiah was one of the men who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.25;
• only referred to as Ramiah רַמְיָה.

Ramiah is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the men who had married foreign women (Ezra 10:25). This occurred during the time when Ezra, a priest and scribe, led a religious reform among the Jewish people who had returned from Babylonian exile. Ezra called for the people to separate themselves from the foreign wives they had married, as these marriages were considered a violation of God's law. Ramiah was among those who had taken foreign wives, but no further details are provided about him or his specific situation.

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