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רָמַת לֶחִי
ra.mat le.chi
H7437
N:N--L Hebrew

Ramath-lehi

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ra.mat le.chi is the name given to the place where a jawbone was thrown down in Judges 15:17.

The attested use is a proper place-name: in Judges 15:17, it names the location called after the jawbone was thrown from the speaker’s hand.

Senses in use

  1. Place named after the thrown jawbone · dominant

    The form is marked as a proper noun in Judges 15:17, where the clause says that, after throwing the jawbone from his hand, he called that place by this name. In Judges 15:17 the APB renders the clause, “he called that place Ramath-lehi.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 15:17, the APB presents it as the name of “that place,” rendered “Ramath-lehi”.

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