רָמָהrâmâh
רָמָה: cast, shoot, bow-shooter, bowmen (Psalms 78:9; Genesis 21:20)
Pronunciation: raw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7411
Meanings
רָמָה: Pi`el: beguile, deal treacherously with, beguile, deceive, mislead, deal treacherously with, betray (Proverbs 26:19; 2 Samuel 19:27; Genesis 29:25)
ᵑ7: cast, throw
Pe`al
1. cast (Daniel 3:24; Daniel 6:25; Daniel 6:17)
2. throw, (burden of) tribute (Ezra 7:24)
Pe`il
1. were cast (Daniel 3:21)
2. were placed, set (Daniel 7:9; Jeremiah 1:15)
Hithpe`el: be cast (Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:11; Daniel 6:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 29:25 But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”
- Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
- Joshua 9:22 Joshua called together the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you lie to us? Why did you say that you live in a distant land when you live right here among us?
- 1 Samuel 19:17 “Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy escape?” Saul demanded of Michal. “I had to,” Michal replied. “He threatened to kill me if I didn’t help him.”
- 1 Samuel 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, “You’ve deceived me! You are Saul!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).