Lexicon
רָאמוֹת
ra.mot
H7216
N:N--L Hebrew

Ramoth

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ra.mot is a proper place name listed with Gilead and assigned to the Gadite tribe in Scripture.

The attested forms function as a proper place name, twice specified as being in Gilead and associated with the tribe of Gad; the Chronicles listings preserve the name in city and allotment contexts.

Senses in use

  1. Place name in tribal and city lists · dominant

    All four forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In Deuteronomy 4:43 and Joshua 20:8 the APB renders “Ramoth in Gilead” within lists that also name Bezer and Golan and assign Ramoth to Gad; in 1 Chronicles 6:58 and 1 Chronicles 6:65 the term occurs in city and allotment-list contexts, though the APB does not visibly reproduce the name in those verses.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents “Ramoth in Gilead” in Deuteronomy 4:43 and Joshua 20:8. In 1 Chronicles 6:58 and 1 Chronicles 6:65, the supplied translation gives the surrounding city-list material without visibly reproducing the name.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture