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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רָמָה
רָמָה
H7414
Transliteration: Râmâh
Pronunciation: raw-maw'
Definition: Ramah
Original: רמה Transliteration: râmâh Phonetic: raw-maw'
BDB Definition:
Ramah = "hill"- a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah
- the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim
- a fortified city in Naphtali
- landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon
- a place of battle between Israel and Syria
- also 'Ramoth-gilead'
- a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity