Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be high
bāmā n, f
1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)
1a) high place, mountain
1b) high places, battlefields
1c) high places (as places of worship)
1d) funeral mound?
Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 26:30 Numbers 33:52, 21:28 Deuteronomy 33:29, 32:13 1 Samuel 9:13, 10:5, 9:19, 9:12, 9:14, 10:13, 9:25 2 Samuel 1:19, 1:25, 22:34 1 Kings 3:3, 13:2, 11:7, 13:33, 22:44, 3:4, 15:14, 12:31, 12:32, 13:32, 14:23, 3:2 2 Kings 21:3, 23:20, 23:9, 23:8, 18:22, 17:9, 17:29, 17:11, 18:4, 23:5, 23:13, 23:15, 23:19, 15:35, 17:32, 12:4, 14:4, 15:4, 16:4 Isaiah 58:14, 16:12, 36:7, 15:2, 14:14 Jeremiah 17:3, 26:18, 48:35, 7:31, 19:5, 32:35 Ezekiel 6:3, 43:7, 36:2, 20:29, 6:6, 16:16 Hosea 10:8 Amos 4:13, 7:9 Micah 1:3, 1:5, 3:12 Habakkuk 3:19 Psalms 18:34, 78:58 Job 9:8 1 Chronicles 16:39, 21:29 2 Chronicles 20:33, 28:25, 33:3, 34:3, 33:17, 1:3, 1:13, 32:12, 31:1, 15:17, 11:15, 33:19, 14:2, 17:6, 14:4, 21:11, 28:4