This proper noun identifies Ramah, a town in the territory of Benjamin, located north of Jerusalem. The name means 'height' or 'high place.' Matthew quotes Jeremiah 31:15, which poetically places Rachel weeping in Ramah for her children. This prophecy, originally referring to the Babylonian exile, Matthew applies to Herod's slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem. The multilingual glosses transliterate the Hebrew name, recognizing it as a geographical location laden with prophetic significance and maternal grief.