Lexicon
רִתְמָה
rit.mah
H7575
N:N--L Hebrew

Rithmah

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rit.mah is a proper name for a camping place in the travel sequence of Numbers 33.

The term is used as a proper place name within a sequence of departures and camps: the group camps there after leaving Hazeroth and then departs from it for Rimmon-perez.

Senses in use

  1. Camping-place name in the journey sequence · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same location in successive movements. In Numbers 33:18 the APB renders that the group “camped at Rithmah”; in Numbers 33:19 it renders that they “set out from Rithmah” before camping at Rimmon-perez.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Rithmah” in both verses, first as the place where the group camps and then as the place from which it sets out. The verse is read as a whole.

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