1. Ramah (place name) — Ramah (ha-Ramah, 'the Height'), a prominent town in the territory of Benjamin, identified with modern er-Ram about 5 miles north of Jerusalem. Principal location of Samuel's ministry (1 Sam 1:19, 7:17, 8:4, 15:34, 16:13, 19:18-23, 20:1, 25:1, 28:3), a border fortress between Israel and Judah (1 Kgs 15:17-22, 2 Chr 16:1-6), mentioned in prophetic oracles of Rachel weeping (Jer 31:15) and Isaiah's invasion route (Isa 10:29). Also listed in Joshua's allotments for Benjamin (Josh 18:25) and Naphtali (Josh 19:36). The city appears in settlement lists (Ezra 2:26, Neh 7:30, 11:33) and Hosea 5:8. Uniformly transliterated across all languages: arb ar-Ramah, kor Rama, spa Rama/Ramah. The variant 'Ramath' in Josh 19:8 likely refers to 'Ramath of the South' (Ramoth-Negev), a related but distinct southern site. 36×
AR["الرَّامَةَ","الرَّامَةِ","الرّامَةِ","بِـ-الرَّامَةِ","في-الرامَةِ","في-الرّامَةِ","فِي-الرَّامَةِ"]·ben["-রামায়","-রামার","রামা","রামাতে","রামায়","রামায়-","রামায়-সেই","রামার"]·DE["[ברמה]","[הרמה]","bei-Rama","der-Rama","der-Wurm","in-Rama","in-Ramah","in-Wurm"]·EN["at-Ramah","in-Ramah","the-Ramah"]·FR["Rama","Ramah","[ברמה]","dans-Rama","dans-Ramah","le-Rama","à-Rama"]·heb["ב-ה-רמה","ב-רמה","ה-רמה"]·HI["की-रामा","बारामाह","में-रामा","में-रामाह","रमह-मेइन","रामाह-ה","रामाह-के","रामाह-को","रामाह-में","रामाहमें"]·ID["Rama","di-Rama"]·IT["Rama","[ברמה]","a-Rama","il-Rama","in-Rama","in-Ramah"]·jav["Rama","ing-Rama","ing-Ramah","kang-Rama","wonten-ing-Rama"]·KO["그-라마","그-라마-에서","그-라마를","그-라마에서","그-라마의","라마에","라마에-있는","라마에서","라마의","에-라마","에-라마에서"]·PT["Ramah","a-Ramah","em-Ramah","em-Ramá","ha-Ramah"]·RU["Раму","Рамы","а-Раму","а-Рамы","в-Раме"]·ES["Ramah","en-Rama","en-Ramah","en-Ramá","la-Ramah","la-Ramá"]·SW["Rama","huko-Rama","katika-Rama","wa-Rama"]·TR["-Rama'da","Rama'da","Rama'nın","Rama'yı","Rama-da","Ramah'nın","Ramah'ı","Ramanin"]·urd["ال-راما","راماہ-میں","رامہ","رامہ-میں","رامہ-میں۔","رامہ-کے"]
Josh 18:25, Josh 19:8, Josh 19:29, Josh 19:36, Judg 4:5, Judg 19:13, 1 Sam 1:19, 1 Sam 2:11, 1 Sam 7:17, 1 Sam 8:4, 1 Sam 15:34, 1 Sam 16:13 (+24 more)
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II. רָמָה n.pr.loc. usually c. art. הָר׳ the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Je 31:15 Ne 11:33): 1. in Benj., on border of Ephr., Ho 5:8; 1 K 15:17, 21, 22 = 2 Ch 16:1, 5, 6; Ju 4:5; 19:3; Is 10:29; Je 31:15; 40:1; Jos 18:25 (P), Ezr 2:26 = Ne 7:30, prob. also Ne 11:33; 𝔊 usually Ραμα; mod. er-Râm, 5 miles N. of Jerus., BuhlGeogr. 172. 2. in hill-country of Ephr. (= 1?), home of Samuel 1 S 1:19;…