רָמָה

Joshua 18:25 וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה and <the> Ramah

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Joshua 19:8 רָ֣אמַת of Ramah

and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

Joshua 19:29 הָֽרָמָ֔ה <the> Ramah

The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

Here: A town in Asher whose location is uncertain. The name means 'the height', and several unrelated towns in Israel were called Ramah. The form probably carries the sense 'toward Ramah'.

Joshua 19:36 וְהָרָמָ֖ה and <the> Ramah

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Judges 4:5 הָרָמָ֛ה <the> Ramah

And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

Judges 19:13 בָרָמָֽה׃ in <the> Ramah

He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

1 Samuel 1:19 הָרָמָ֑תָה <the> Ramah towards

The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

Here: 'The Height', the family's hometown, called Ramathaim-zophim in 1:1. The ending -ah means 'toward'. Samuel will later live and judge from here (7:17).

1 Samuel 2:11 הָרָמָ֖תָה <the> Ramah towards

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 7:17 הָרָמָ֙תָה֙ [was] <the> Ramah towards

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:4 הָרָמָֽתָה׃ <the> Ramah towards

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 15:34 הָרָמָ֑תָה <the> Ramah towards

Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 16:13 הָרָמָֽתָה׃ ס <the> Ramah towards

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

Here: "To Ramah": the ending -ah means "toward". Ramah was Samuel's home town (7:17), a few miles north of Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 19:18 הָרָמָ֔תָה <the> Ramah towards

So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

1 Samuel 19:19 בָּרָמָֽה׃ in <the> Ramah

When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

1 Samuel 19:22 הָרָמָ֗תָה בָּרָמָֽה׃ <the> Ramah towards, in <the> Ramah

Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

Here: “Ramah” means “the height.” The ending -ah means “toward.” This is Samuel's home town and the base of his work as judge (1 Sam 1:19; 7:17).

1 Samuel 19:23 בָּרָמָ֑ה בָּרָמָֽה׃ in <the> Ramah

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

Here: Samuel's home town (1 Sam 7:17). The name means 'the height' and takes the article, 'the Ramah'. It is the prophet's home ground, where the king has no authority.

1 Samuel 20:1 בָּרָמָ֑ה in <the> Ramah

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

1 Samuel 25:1 בָּרָמָ֑ה in <the> Ramah

When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

Here: 'In Ramah.' Literally 'the height', a hilltop town in Benjamin or Ephraim. It was Samuel's birthplace (1:1, 19), his home base (7:17), and now his burial place: his story closes where it began.

1 Samuel 28:3 בָרָמָ֖ה in <the> Ramah

Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

Here: 'The Height', Samuel's hometown in Benjamin/Ephraim, called Ramathaim-zophim in 1:1. It was the base of his circuit as judge (7:17).

1 Kings 15:17 הָרָמָ֑ה <the> Ramah

Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:21 הָֽרָמָ֑ה <the> Ramah

When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

1 Kings 15:22 הָֽרָמָה֙ <the> Ramah

Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

2 Kings 8:29 בָּֽרָמָ֔ה at <the> Ramah

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

2 Chronicles 16:1 הָרָמָ֑ה <the> Ramah

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:5 הָרָמָ֑ה <the> Ramah

When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.

2 Chronicles 16:6 הָֽרָמָה֙ <the> Ramah

Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 22:6 בָֽרָמָ֔ה at <the> Ramah

So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

Ezra 2:26 הָרָמָה֙ <the> Ramah

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Nehemiah 7:30 הָֽרָמָה֙ <the> Ramah

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Here: The Ramah in Benjamin, at modern er-Ram about 8 km (5 miles) north of Jerusalem. It takes the Hebrew word for "the" because the name is really a description: "the Height."

Nehemiah 11:33 רָמָ֖ה Ramah

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

Isaiah 10:29 הָֽרָמָ֔ה <the> Ramah

They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

Jeremiah 31:15 בְּרָמָ֤ה in Ramah

This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Here: Ramah of Benjamin, a few miles north of Jerusalem, near the traditional area of Rachel's tomb and the place where the Babylonians assembled deportees (Jer 40:1). The name itself means 'height', so the cry also rings out from a hilltop.

Jeremiah 40:1 הָֽרָמָ֑ה <the> Ramah

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Hosea 5:8 בָּרָמָ֑ה in <the> Ramah

Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

Here: 'In Ramah' (modern er-Ram), a few kilometres north of Gibeah on the same ridge road. It was Samuel's town and a fortified border post fought over by Israel and Judah (1 Kgs 15:17–22). Its name also means 'height'.