רָמֹת גִּלעָד
Râmôth Gilʻâd · raw-moth' gil-awd'
Ramoth-Gilad, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: or רָמוֹת גִּלעָד; (2 Chronicles 22:5), from the plural of H7413 (רָמָה) and H1568 (גִּלְעָד); heights of Gilad;
Ramoth-Gilad, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ramoth-gilead, Ramoth in Gilead. See also H7216 (רָאמוֹת).
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › the doorway, the way in
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָמֹת גִּלעָד 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to ramothgilead9 · 41%
- at ramothgilead3 · 14%
- in ramothgilead2 · 9%
- against ramothgilead2 · 9%
- ramoth1 · 5%
- ye that ramoth1 · 5%
- ramothgilead1 · 5%
- with him to ramothgilead1 · 5%
- with me to ramothgilead1 · 5%
- and ramoth1 · 5%
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.