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Strong's #7216 - רָאמֹת
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Ramoth = “heights”
1) a place in Gilead; site dubious
2) a Levitical city in Issachar
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1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Joshua 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer Joshua 21:36; P), ׳רָאמוֺת בַּגּ (of Gad) Deuteronomy 4:43; 1 Chronicles 6:65, ׳רָאמֹת בַּגּ Joshua 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ [ Joshua 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ׳רָמת ג (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1 Kings 4:13 19t. Kings Chronicles (see גִּלְעָד 1 d); = II. רָמָה
5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag287. 91) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.145. 1 Kings 145:31 says E!], hence Di Genesis 31:54 Buhl G. 261f. conjectures el-Jal`aud, approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3miles South of Yabbok; Smerrill East of Jordan, 284ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH G. conjectures (on General grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASm G. 586 some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in Dr Dt Add. xviii f., q. v. especially against Esther -Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
b.רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב 1 Samuel 30:27, see רָאׅמַׅת 3
c.רָאמוֺת, Levitical City in Issachar 1 Chronicles 6:58 (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5 L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Joshua 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת
2, Joshua 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di Joshua 19:21).
2. masculine(וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr (Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5c, p 438
