Joshua 18:25

גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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גִּבְע֥וֹן
גִּבְע֥וֹן
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Gibeon")
Dictionary form: גִּבְעוֹן · ɡib-ONE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: gibeon
of gibeon ×11 gibeon ×6 at gibeon ×3 was at gibeon ×3 from gibeon ×2 is in gibeon ×2 to gibeon ×2 and at gibeon ×1
More options
Gibeon — Standard modern spelling; use in all narrative contexts.
the city of Gibeon — Adds clarity when first introducing the location.
Gibeon's — Use for possessive or associative constructions.

BDB1458 H1391

BDB1457 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB1459

גִּבְעוֺן proper name, of a location — ׳ג Josh 9:17 +; with ָ  ה locative; גִּבְע֫וֺנָה 2Sam 2:12 compare 1Kgs 3:4 — Levitical city in tribe of Benjamin; formerly inhabited by Hivites Josh 9:17; Josh 10:2; Josh 10:4; Josh 10:5; Josh 10:10; Josh 10:12; Josh 10:41; Josh 11:19; Josh 18:25; Josh 21:17; 2Sam 2:12; 2Sam 2:13 (pool of Gibeon) v2Sam 2:16; 2Sam 3:30; 2Sam 20:8; Jer 28:1; Jer 41:12 (great waters which are in Gibeon) vJer 41:16; 1Chr 14:16 see especially ׳יוֺשְׁבַי ג, ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Josh 9:3, (called Hivites Josh 9:7) Josh 10:1; Josh 10:6; Josh 11:19; Neh 3:7, so ׳בְּנֵי ג Neh 7:25 (= בְּנֵי גִבָּר Ezra 2:20, see גִּבָּר); compare also as proper name, masculine 1Chr 8:29 וּבְגִבְעוֺן יָָֽשְׁבו אֲבִי גִבְעוֺן = 1Chr 9:35 compare ׳מִדְבַּר ג 2Sam 2:24, ׳עֵמֶק בְּג Isa 28:21 it was the site of great Bamah 1Kgs 3:4; 1Kgs 3:5; 1Kgs 9:2, where was 'the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place' according to 1Chr 16:39 compare 1Chr 21:20; 2Chr 1:13 (twice in verse).

gibeon
gibʿôn
hill city
Gibon, a place in Palestine
  • a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern 'el-Jib', which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem

וְ הָֽ רָמָ֖ה
וְ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
הָֽ
Prefix — article the
רָמָ֖ה
Root word a name — transliterate it ("And ramah")
Dictionary form: רָמָה · raw-MAW

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: and ramah
in ramah ×9 ramah ×7 to ramah ×7 of ramah ×5 and ramah ×2 him at ramah ×2 at ramah ×1 him in ramah ×1
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Ramah — Standard modern spelling for this proper place name.
Ramath — Alternate form; use when text specifically distinguishes compound names.
the town of Ramah — Adds clarity when context needs geographic explicitness.

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BDB7672 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7674

[רָאַם] verb (Masora Thes and others) rise (si vera lectio, || form of רום); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular רָ˜אֲמָה Zech 14:10, but < read רָאמָה = רָ֫מָה (√רום), Ges«GKC:72p»§ 72p.

BDB7810 H7414 H7436 H7216

BDB7809 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7811

II. רָמָה proper name, of a location usually with article ׳הָר the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Jer 31:15; Neh 11:33):

1. in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hos 5:8; 1Kgs 15:17; 1Kgs 15:21; 1Kgs 15:22 = 2Chr 16:1; 2Chr 16:5; 2Chr 16:6; Judg 4:5; Judg 19:3; Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Jer 40:1; Josh 18:25 (P), Ezra 2:26 = Neh 7:30, probably also Neh 11:33 ᵐ5 usually Ραμα; modern er-Râm, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, BuhlGeogr. 172.
2. in hill-country of Ephraim (= 1?), home of Samuel 1Sam 1:19; 1Sam 2:11; 1Sam 7:17; 1Sam 8:4; 1Sam 15:34; 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 19:18; 1Sam 19:22a (all with ה locative, הָרָמָָ֫חָה), v1Sam 19:19 v1Sam 19:22 b; v1Sam 19:23 v1Sam 19:23; 1Sam 20:1; 1Sam 25:1; 1Sam 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם 1Sam 1:1 (see צוּפִי); ᵐ5 Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from
1.) = Besit-Rima, 13 miles east-northeast of Lydda (GASmGeogr. 254 BuhlGeogr. 170); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (EwHist. ii. 421 and others) [compare also Ἀριμαθαμα; Matt 27:57 +].
3. in Asher Josh 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231.
4. in Naphtali, Josh 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A ᵐ5L Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222.
5. (בּ)רָמָה 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; ᵐ5L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת
1. — See DrHast. DB. RAMAH p. 847.

BDB7813 H7216 H7433 H1568 H7414 H7418 H7432 H3406

BDB7812 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7814

רָ(א)מוֺת26 proper name

1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
  a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Josh 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer vJosh 21:36 P), ׳רָאמוֺת בַּגּ (of Gad) Deut 4:43; 1Chr 6:65, ׳רָאמֹת בַּגּ Josh 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ [Josh 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ׳רָמת ג (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1Kgs 4:13 + 19 t. Kings Chronicles (see גִּלְעָד 1 d); = II. רָמָה 5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag287. 91) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.145. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence DiGen 31:54 BuhlG. 261 f. conjectures el-Jal`aud, approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; SmerrillEast of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASmG. 586 some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in DrDt Add. xviii f., q. v. especially against es-Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
  b. רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב 1Sam 30:27, see רָאׅמַׅת
3.
  c. רָאמוֺת, Levitical City in Issachar 1Chr 6:58 (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Josh 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also DiJosh 19:21).
2. masculine (וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr (Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5 c, p.438.

BDB7814 H7414 H7436

BDB7813 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7815

רָמָתַיִם proper name, of a location ׳הָר 1Sam 1:1, see II.רָמָה

2. above

ramah, ramath
rāmâ
hill
Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
  • a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah
    • "the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim"a fortified city in Naphtali"landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon"a place of battle between Israel and Syria
    • also 'Ramoth-gilead'
    a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

וּ בְאֵרֽוֹת
וּ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
בְאֵרֽוֹת
Root word a name — transliterate it ("And beeroth")
Dictionary form: בְּאֵרוֹת · beh-ay-ROTE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: and beeroth
and beeroth ×4 beeroth ×1 from beeroth ×1
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Beeroth — Standard modern rendering of this proper place name.
Beeroth (the Wells) — Gloss added when context needs clarification of meaning.
the town of Beeroth — Use when a settlement referent needs explicit marking.

BDB880 H881

BDB879 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB881

בְאֵרוֺת proper name, of a location (but only 2Sam 4:2 according to Masora, see BDEzra 2:23 elsewhere בְּאֵרֹת), city of the Gibeonites Josh 9:17 assigned to Benjamin 2Sam 4:2; Josh 18:25 compare also Ezra 2:25; Neh 7:29 modern el-Bîreh RobBR i. 452 BdPal 214 Surveyiii. 88.

beeroth
bĕʾērôt
wells
Beeroth, a place in Palestine
  • a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה Tipeha — a lesser break וּבְאֵרֽוֹת Silluq — end of the verse

גִּבְעוֹן וְהָֽרָמָה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃
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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Cross References

Joshua 9:17

וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל-עָֽרֵיהֶם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְעָֽרֵיהֶם גִּבְעוֹן וְהַכְּפִירָה וּבְאֵרוֹת וְקִרְיַת יְעָרִֽים׃
17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

1 Kings 3:4

וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ גִּבְעֹנָה לִזְבֹּחַ שָׁם כִּי-הִיא הַבָּמָה הַגְּדוֹלָה אֶלֶף עֹלוֹת יַֽעֲלֶה שְׁלֹמֹה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַהֽוּא׃
4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

1 Samuel 1:1

וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִן-הָרָֽמָתַיִם צוֹפִים מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן-יְרֹחָם בֶּן-אֱלִיהוּא בֶּן-תֹּחוּ בֶן-צוּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃
1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

Joshua 10:2

וַיִּֽירְאוּ מְאֹד כִּי עִיר גְּדוֹלָה גִּבְעוֹן כְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה וְכִי הִיא גְדוֹלָה מִן-הָעַי וְכָל-אֲנָשֶׁיהָ גִּבֹּרִֽים׃
2
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

Matthew 27:57

Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἦλθεν ἄνθρωπος πλούσιος ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθήτευσεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ·
57
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

Isaiah 28:21

כִּי כְהַר-פְּרָצִים יָקוּם יְהוָה כְּעֵמֶק בְּגִבְעוֹן יִרְגָּז לַעֲשׂוֹת מַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ וְלַֽעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָתוֹ נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃
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For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

1 Kings 9:2

וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל-שְׁלֹמֹה שֵׁנִית כַּֽאֲשֶׁר נִרְאָה אֵלָיו בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃
2
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

Joshua 7:17

וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת-מִשְׁפַּחַת יְהוּדָה וַיִּלְכֹּד אֵת מִשְׁפַּחַת הַזַּרְחִי וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת-מִשְׁפַּחַת הַזַּרְחִי לַגְּבָרִים וַיִּלָּכֵד זַבְדִּֽי׃
17
And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

Joshua 15:34

וְזָנוֹחַ וְעֵין גַּנִּים תַּפּוּחַ וְהָֽעֵינָֽם׃
34
And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

Jeremiah 31:15

כֹּה׀ אָמַר יְהוָה קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ כִּי אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃
15
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Joshua 18:24
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