Nehemiah 11:33

חָצ֥וֹר רָמָ֖ה גִּתָּֽיִם

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

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חָצ֥וֹר

Root word a name — transliterate it ("Hazor")

Dictionary form: חָצוֹר · haw-TSORE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: hazor

and hazor ×6 of hazor ×6 hazor ×5 in hazor ×1 is hazor ×1

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Hazor — Standard modern spelling; use in most contexts.

the city of Hazor — Adds clarity when first introducing the location.

Hazor (an ancient Canaanite city) — Useful in study editions needing brief identification.

BDB3056 H2674

חָצוֺר, חָצֹר proper name, of a location (Lag^{BN 47 f.}) — ᵐ5 Ασωρ, etc.;

1. a royal city of northern Canaan Josh 11:1 ׳יָבִין מֶלֶךְחֿ, compare Josh 12:19, and Judg 4:2; Judg 4:17; 1Sam 12:9; Josh 11:10 (twice in verse); Josh 11:11; Josh 11:13; Josh 19:36; 2Kgs 15:29 חָצֹר 1Kgs 9:15.

2. places in the Negeb:
a. Josh 15:23. b. c. Josh 15:25 וחָצוֺר חֲדַתָּה וּקְרִיּוֺת חֶצְרוֺן הִיא חָצוֺר.

3. חָצוֺר Neh 11:33 a Benjamite town, probably = בַּעַל חָצוֺר q. v.

4. מַמְלְכוֺת חָצוֺר אֲשֶׂר הִכָּה נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּו֯ר Jer 49:28, compare vJer 49:30 vJer 49:33, an Arabian locality, see Winer^BW Hazor Gf Gie. — ׳עֵין ח Josh 19:37, see below עַיִן.

hazor

ḥāṣôr

castle

Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali

רָמָ֖ה

Root word a name — transliterate it ("Ramah")

Dictionary form: רָמָה · raw-MAW

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: 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.

BDB7673 H7213 H7311 H7414

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

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

BDB7810 H7414 H7436 H7216

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, Buhl^{Geogr. 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 (GASm^{Geogr. 254} Buhl^{Geogr. 170}); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (Ew^{Hist. 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 Rob^{BR iii. 79} Buhl^{Geogr. 231.}

4. in Naphtali, Josh 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A ᵐ5^L Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed Buhl^{Geogr. 222.}

5. (בּ)רָמָה 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; ᵐ5^L Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת

1. — See Dr^{Hast. DB. RAMAH p. 847}.

BDB7813 H7216 H7433 H1568 H7414 H7418 H7432 H3406

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 (Lag^{287. 91}) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.¹⁴⁵. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence Di^{Gen 31:54} Buhl^{G. 261 f.} conjectures el-Jal`aud, approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; Smerrill^{East of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH} G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASm^{G. 586} some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in Dr^{Dt 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, ᵐ5^L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Josh 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di^{Josh 19:21}).

2. masculine (וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr (Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5 c, p.438.

BDB7814 H7414 H7436

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

also 'Ramoth-gilead'

גִּתָּֽיִם

Root word a name — transliterate it ("Gittaim")

Dictionary form: גִּתַּיִם · ɡit-ta-YIM

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: gittaim

gittaim ×1 to gittaim ×1

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Gittaim — Standard anglicized spelling; best for most translations.

Gittayim — Closer to Hebrew pronunciation; suits scholarly editions.

Gittaim (a place) — Add gloss when referencing unfamiliar location name.

BDB1787 H1664 H1665

גִּתַּיִם proper name, of a location גִּתִּית adjective see below יגן. p. 387 f

BDB3428 H1664

גִּתָּ֑יִם proper name, of a location in Judah; — ׳ג Neh 11:33 גִּתָּ֑יְמָה 2Sam 4:3 site unknown.

gittaim

gittayim

two winepresses

Gittajim, a place in Palestine

a place in Judah, site unknown

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.

חָצ֥וֹר רָמָ֖ה Tipeha — a lesser break גִּתָּֽיִם Silluq — end of the verse

חָצוֹר׀ רָמָה גִּתָּֽיִם׃

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:3

וַיִּבְרְחוּ הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִים גִּתָּיְמָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ-שָׁם גָּרִים עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

Matthew 2:18

Φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμᾶ ἠκούσθη θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι ὅτι οὐκ εἰσίν

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

1 Samuel 7:17