רָאמוֹת
Râʼmôwth · raw-moth'
Ramoth, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or רָאמֹתxlit Râmôth corrected to Râʼmôth; plural of H7215 (רָאמָה); heights;
Ramoth, the name of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ramoth.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The head, the highest of strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָאמוֹת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ramoth3 · 75%
- ramoth1 · 25%
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.