Lexicon
רָמָתַיִם צוֹפִים
ra.ma.ta.yim tso.phim
H7436
N:N--L Hebrew

Ramathaim-zophim

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ra.ma.ta.yim tso.phim identifies Elkanah's place of origin in 1 Samuel 1:1.

The attested use identifies the place from which Elkanah came in 1 Samuel 1:1.

Senses in use

  1. Elkanah's place of origin · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 1:1, the proper noun occurs in the phrase identifying a man’s origin; the APB renders the clause “There was one man from Ramathaim-zophim of Mount Ephraim.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 1:1, the APB presents the term in “from Ramathaim-zophim of Mount Ephraim.” This shows the verse’s place-of-origin clause rather than isolating every component of the term.

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