רָמָה
ra.mah
“to shoot”
Definition
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
a primitive root;
- to cast, shoot, hurl 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw 1a2) bow-shooters, bowmen (participle) 1b) (Piel) to throw down Aramaic equivalent: re.mah (*רְמָא *"to cast" H7412)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
רָמָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!”Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD:“I will sing to the LORD,for He is highly exalted.The horse and riderHe has thrown into the sea.
When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
so is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I was only joking!”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.