בָּמָה
bâmâh · bam-maw'
an elevation
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be high);
an elevation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: height, high place, wave.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּמָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
102 occurrences · 102 OT · 0 NT · 61 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the high places12 · 16%
- of the high places10 · 14%
- in the high places5 · 7%
- to the high place4 · 5%
- high places4 · 5%
- but the high places3 · 4%
- upon the high places3 · 4%
- howbeit the high places3 · 4%
- and the high places3 · 4%
- in the high place3 · 4%
- me upon my high places2 · 3%
- on the high places2 · 3%
- from the high place2 · 3%
- in high places2 · 3%
- them high places2 · 3%
- as the high places2 · 3%
- and the high place2 · 3%
- still in the high places2 · 3%
- your high places2 · 3%
- in thine high places1 · 1%
- upon thy high places1 · 1%
- me unto the high place1 · 1%
- upon their high places1 · 1%
- all their high places1 · 1%
- into the high places1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.