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Bamoth; a Moabite town on the heights, also called Bamoth-Baal, along Israel's wilderness route.
A place name meaning 'high places,' referring to a town in Moab along the Israelites' journey toward the Promised Land. Numbers 21:19-20 lists it as a station between Nahaliel and the valley in the field of Moab. The fuller form Bamoth-Baal ('high places of Baal') in Numbers 22:41 identifies where Balak took Balaam to view and curse Israel — a cultic high place associated with Baal worship. Joshua 13:17 assigns it to the tribe of Reuben. The name's transparent meaning (from בָּמָה, 'high place') links geography, worship, and Israel's territorial claims.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Moabite settlement meaning 'high places,' stationed along Israel's wilderness itinerary (Num 21:19-20) and later assigned to Reuben (Josh 13:17). The expanded form Bamoth-Baal (Num 22:41) reveals its function as a Canaanite cultic site — Balak brought Balaam there to survey Israel from a vantage point sacred to Baal. Spanish 'Bamot-Baal,' French 'Bamoth-Baal,' and German 'Bamoth-Baal' all preserve both elements. The consistent transliteration across languages reflects its dual identity as both a geographic waypoint and a place of pagan worship. 4×
AR["بَامُوتَ", "بَامُوتَ-بَعْلٍ", "وَ-باموتِ-بَعْلَ", "وَ-مِنْ-بَامُوتَ"]·ben["এবং-বামোৎ-থেকে", "এবং-বামোৎ-বাল", "বামোৎ", "বামোৎ-বালে"]·DE["Bamoth", "und-Bamoth-Baal", "und-von-Bamoth", "zu-Bamoth-Baal"]·EN["Bamoth", "and-Bamoth-Baal", "and-from-Bamoth", "to-Bamoth-Baal"]·FR["Bamoth", "et-Bamoth-Baal", "et-de-Bamoth", "à-Bamoth-Baal"]·heb["במות", "במותבעל", "ו-במות בעל", "ו-מבמות"]·HI["और-बामोत-बाल", "और-बामोत-से", "बामोत", "बामोत-बाआल-पर"]·ID["Bamot", "Bamot-Baal", "dan-Bamot-Baal", "dan-dari-Bamot"]·IT["Bamoth", "a-Bamoth-Baal", "e-Bamoth-Baal", "e-da-Bamoth"]·jav["Bamot", "Bamot-Baal", "lan-Bamot-Baal", "lan-saking-Bamot"]·KO["그리고-바못-바알", "그리고-에서-바벻", "바벻", "바알-의-산당들"]·PT["Bamot", "E-de-Bamot", "a-Bamot-Ba'al", "e-Bamot-Baal"]·RU["Бамот", "и-Бамот-Баал", "и-от-Бамота", "на-Бамот-Баал"]·ES["Bamot", "Bamot-Baal", "Y-de-Bamot", "y-Bamot-Baal"]·SW["Bamoth-Baali", "Bamothi", "Na-kutoka-Bamothi", "na-Bamothi-Baali"]·TR["Bamot'a", "Bamot-Baal'a", "ve-Bamot'tan", "ve-Bamot-Baal"]·urd["اور-باموت-بعل", "اور-باموت-سے", "باموت", "باموت-بعل"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בָּמוֹת n.pr.loc. (high place or great high place) place in Moab Nu 21:19, 20 = בָּמוֹת בַּעַל Nu 22:41; Jos 13:17 possibly on Mt. ‘Aṭṭarûs cf. Di.