רָמָה
râmâh · raw-maw'
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
- to hurl
- specifically, to shoot
- figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beguile, betray, (bow-) man, carry, deceive, throw.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָמָה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hath he thrown2 · 17%
- wherefore then hast thou beguiled1 · 8%
- wherefore have ye beguiled1 · 8%
- why hast thou deceived me so1 · 8%
- why hast thou deceived1 · 8%
- deceived1 · 8%
- unto you: but if ye be come to betray1 · 8%
- and carrying1 · 8%
- that deceiveth1 · 8%
- and bowmen1 · 8%
- but they deceived1 · 8%
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.