high place
ra.mah denotes an elevated site, either a location where Saul sits or places built at streets and squares.
The dominant attested use concerns places made at street corners and in public squares, which are later torn down; one occurrence identifies an elevated location where Saul was dwelling.
Senses in use
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Constructed sites in public places · dominant
In Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25, and Ezekiel 16:31, the feminine singular forms occur in clauses about building such places for oneself in public squares and at street corners. In Ezekiel 16:39, the feminine plural construct form occurs in the threatened destruction of those places; the APB renders the clauses with “high place,” “high places,” and “break down your high places.”
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An elevated dwelling location · rare
In 1 Samuel 22:6, the feminine singular absolute form identifies the location under the tamarisk where Saul was dwelling, with his servants standing around him. The APB renders the location as “the high place.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the high place” for Saul’s location in 1 Samuel 22:6 and as “high place” or “high places” in Ezekiel’s building and destruction clauses. These renderings confirm the verses’ settings rather than establish finer distinctions.