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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Bamah (Gibeon)
Bamah just means high place, and Ezekiel turns the word on Israel, asking what this high place is that they keep going to.
First, in plain English
Bamah just means high place, and Ezekiel turns the word on Israel, asking what this high place is that they keep going to.
Who this is
A generic Hebrew term for a hilltop shrine, used by Ezekiel in a pointed wordplay against Israel's idolatry: the prophet asks what this high place is that the people keep going to, noting that it is called Bamah, high place, to this very day (Ezek. 20:29).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H1117
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 20:29
