H7486 H7486
Rameses — an Egyptian city and district in the eastern Nile Delta, built by Israelite forced labor
Rameses designates both a city and the surrounding district in the eastern Nile Delta, closely associated with the Exodus narrative. Named after Pharaoh Rameses II, it appears as a storage city built by Israelite corvée labor (Exod 1:11), the departure point of the Exodus (Exod 12:37; Num 33:3, 5), and earlier as the region where Joseph settled his family (Gen 47:11). The multilingual evidence is remarkably stable — Spanish 'Rameses/Raamses,' French 'Ramsès,' German 'Ramses' — all reflecting the Egyptian royal name. Archaeological identification places it near Tell el-Dab'a/Qantir in the eastern Delta.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Rameses, denoting an Egyptian city in the eastern Nile Delta and its surrounding district, named for Pharaoh Rameses II. It functions as the geographic anchor of the Exodus story: the site of forced labor (Exod 1:11), the staging point for departure (Exod 12:37; Num 33:3, 5), and earlier the land of Joseph's settlement (Gen 47:11). Spanish 'Rameses,' French 'Ramsès,' and German 'Ramses' all transliterate the Egyptian royal name. Modern archaeology associates it with the Piramesse complex near Tell el-Dab'a. 5×
AR["رَعَمْسِيسَ", "مِنْ-رَعَمْسِيسَ"]·ben["রামসেস", "রামসেস-থেকে", "রামসেসের"]·DE["Ramses", "von-Rameses", "von-Ramses"]·EN["Rameses", "from-Rameses"]·FR["Ramsès", "de-Rameses", "de-Ramsès"]·heb["מ-רעמסס", "רעמסס"]·HI["रʿअमसēस", "रामसेस-के", "रामसेस-से"]·ID["Raamses", "Rameses", "dari-Raamses", "dari-Rameses"]·IT["Ramses", "da-Rameses", "da-Ramses"]·jav["Raamsès", "Rameses", "saking-Rameses", "saking-Ramses"]·KO["라암세스", "라암세스에서", "라암셋-에서", "라암셋을"]·PT["Ra'amses", "de-Ra'meses", "de-Ra'mses"]·RU["Раамсес", "из-Раамсеса"]·ES["Raamses", "Rameses", "de-Rameses", "de-Ramsés"]·SW["Rameseu", "Ramsesi", "kutoka-Ramesesi"]·TR["-dan-Ramses'ten", "Raamses", "Ramses'in", "Ramses'ten"]·urd["رعمسیس", "رعمسیس-سے", "رعمسیس-کی", "سے-رعمسیس"]
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
† רַֽעַמְסֵס n.pr.loc. Ex 1:11 (J), = רַעְמְסֵס Gn 47:11; Ex 12:37; Nu 33:3, 5 (all P), Ramses, city in Egypt; Ραμεσ(σ)η; built by King Rameses II (hence its name; the king used Israelitish corvée according to Ex 1:11), near Tel el-Maskhuta (Pithom), but not certainly identified, v. פִּתֹם and reff.; אֶרֶץ ר׳ Gn 47:11 of district round.