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1 Kings 15:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5927 went up ויעל

H1201 And Baasha בעשׁא

H4428 king מלך

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H5921 against על

H3063 Judah יהודה

H1129 and built ויבן

H853 את

H7414 Ramah הרמה

H1115 that he might not לבלתי

H5414 suffer תת

H3318 any to go out יצא

H935 or come in ובא

H609 to Asa לאסא

H4428 king מלך

H3063 of Judah יהודה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H1201 Baasha

H4428 king

H3478 Israel

went

H5927 up

H5921 against

H3063 Judah

and

H1129 built

H7414 Ramah

that

might

H1115 not

H5414 suffer

any

H3318 out

come

H935 in

H609 Asa

H4428 king

H3063 Judah

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7414

Hebrew: רָמָה

Transliteration: Râmâh

Pronunciation: raw-maw'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Location

Bible Usage: Ramah.

Definition:

{Ramah} the name of four places in Palestine

Ramah = "hill"

1. a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah

2. the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim

3. a fortified city in Naphtali

4. landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon

5. a place of battle between Israel and Syria

a. also 'Ramoth-gilead'

6. a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906