רָמָהrâmâh
a height (as a seat of idolatry)
Pronunciation: raw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7413
Meanings
height, high-place, as technical term (compare בָּמָה), = shrine (for illicit worship) (Ezekiel 16:25; Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 16:31; Ezekiel 16:39; 1 Samuel 22:6)
Same root
- רוּםrûwm · H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- רָמָהRâmâh · H7414Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
- רָמוֹתRâmôwth · H7418Ramoth-Negeb or Ramath-Negeb, a place in Palestine
- רָמֹת גִּלעָדRâmôth Gilʻâd · H7433Ramoth-Gilad, a place East of the Jordan
- רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּהRâmath ham-Mit-speh · H7434Ramath-ham-Mitspeh, a place in Palestine
- רָמָתַיִם צוֹפִיםRâmâthayim Tsôwphîym · H7436Ramathajim-Tsophim, a place in Palestine
- רָמַת לֶחִיRâmath Lechîy · H7437Ramath-Lechi, a place in Palestine
- שְׁמִירָמוֹתShᵉmîyrâmôwth · H8070Shemiramoth, the name of two Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 22:6 The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers.
- Ezekiel 16:24 you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
- Ezekiel 16:25 On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.
- Ezekiel 16:31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.
- Ezekiel 16:39 Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked.
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).