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rāmā רָמָה ‘Ramah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as rāmā רָמָה ‘high place’
Roots: רמה

rāmā pr n loc
Ramah = "hill"
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

Mentioned in Joshua 19:36, 19:29, 19:8, 18:25 Judges 19:13, 4:5 1 Samuel 20:1, 28:3, 16:13, 19:22, 1:19, 8:4, 15:34, 19:18, 19:23, 25:1, 2:11, 19:19, 7:17 1 Kings 15:22, 15:17, 15:21 2 Kings 8:29 Isaiah 10:29 Jeremiah 40:1, 31:15 Hosea 5:8 Ezra 2:26 Nehemiah 7:30, 11:33 2 Chronicles 16:6, 22:6, 16:1, 16:5

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