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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ramah
Samuel's hometown, and where he was buried. The name was common enough that several towns carried it. Jeremiah's Rachel weeping for her children is set here too.
First, in plain English
Samuel's hometown, and where he was buried. The name was common enough that several towns carried it. Jeremiah's Rachel weeping for her children is set here too.
Who this is
Ramah was a common town name in Israel, most notably Samuel's hometown and the site of his tomb, and also the town where Rachel was buried, a site Jeremiah invokes poetically as Rachel weeping for her exiled children.
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The word
H7414
Where it appears
- Joshua 18:25
- Judges 4:5
- Judges 19:13
- 1 Samuel 19:19
- 1 Samuel 19:22
- 1 Samuel 19:23
- 1 Samuel 20:1
- 1 Samuel 25:1
- 1 Samuel 28:3
- 1 Kings 15:17
- 1 Kings 15:21
- 1 Kings 15:22
- 2 Kings 8:29
- 2 Chronicles 16:1
- 2 Chronicles 16:5
- 2 Chronicles 16:6
- 2 Chronicles 22:6
- Ezra 2:26
- Nehemiah 7:30
- Nehemiah 11:33
- Isaiah 10:29
- Jeremiah 31:15
- Jeremiah 40:1
- Hosea 5:8
