H7216 H7216
Ramoth (place name, 'heights')
This place name, meaning 'heights' or 'high places,' most famously designates Ramoth-Gilead, a major Levitical city and city of refuge east of the Jordan. The site was strategically important, contested between Israel and Aram, and featured prominently in the wars of Ahab and Jehu. Textual variations (רָמֹת, רָאמוֹת, רָאמֹת) reflect dialectal or scribal differences.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Identifies Ramoth in Gilead, a Levitical city of refuge allocated to Gad in Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, and 1 Chronicles 6:73, 80. This is the same site as Ramoth-Gilead (רָמֹת גִּלְעָד) mentioned 19 times in Kings and Chronicles, where Ahab died in battle (1 Kings 22) and Jehu was anointed (2 Kings 9). The name's plural form denotes 'heights,' fitting the elevated terrain of Gilead. Site identification is uncertain; proposals include el-Jalʿaud northwest of modern Amman. Septuagint renderings (Ραμωθ, Αρημωθ, Ερεμαθ) show transliteration variations. The four occurrences here use the shorter forms רָאמוֹת/רָמֹת without גִּלְעָד. 4×
AR["راموت", "رَامُوتَ"]·ben["রামোত", "রামোৎ"]·DE["Ramoth", "[ראמות]"]·EN["Ramot", "Ramoth"]·FR["Ramoth", "[ראמות]"]·heb["ראמות"]·HI["-गादी-के-लिए", "रामोत"]·ID["Ramot"]·IT["Ramot", "Ramoth", "[ראמות]"]·jav["Ramot"]·KO["라몫을", "라못", "라못을"]·PT["Ramot", "Ramote"]·RU["Рамот"]·ES["Ramot"]·SW["Ramothi"]·TR["Ramot", "Ramot'u"]·urd["راموت"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. רָ(א)מוֹת26 n.pr. 1. loc. Heights, Ramôth;— a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Jos 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer v 36; P), רָאמוֹת בַּגּ׳ (of Gad) Dt 4:43; 1 Ch 6:65, רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Jos 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ [Jos 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually רָמֹת ג׳ (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1 K 4:13 + 19 times K Ch (v. גִּלְעָד 1 d); = ii. רָמָה 5, q.v.; site dub.; Onom. (Lag 287. 91) 15 m. W.…