Word Study · Strong's H7484 · Hebrew
רַעְמָה
Ramah
rah-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Raʻmâh
“Ramah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a place (perhaps founded by him)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ramah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a place (perhaps founded by him)
Rendered in the KJV as
Raamah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְרַעְמָ֖א1
- וְרַעְמָ֖ה1
- וְרַעְמָ֔ה1
- רַעְמָ֖א1
- רַעְמָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Raamah3
- Raamah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 2
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 10:7וְרַעְמָ֖הvera'mahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: and Raamah
- Genesis 10:7רַעְמָ֖הra'mahproper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: Raamah
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:9וְרַעְמָ֖אvera'ma'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: and Raamah
- 1 Chronicles 1:9רַעְמָ֖אra'ma'proper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: Raamah
Same headword in Strong's