1 Samuel 19:22:181 Sam.19.22.W18TAB
בָּרָמָֽה׃
barama
“in Ramah”
- Transliteration
- ba-ra-MA
- Extended
- baa-raa-MAA
- IPA
- /baː.raːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Ramah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ra-MA
- phraseyour reading level
be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- clause
va-yo-MER hin-NE be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh gam-HU ha-ra-MA-ta va-ya-BO ad-BOR ha-ga-DOL a-SHER ba-se-KHU va-yish-AL va-yo-MER E-fo she-mu-EL ve-da-VID va-yo-MER hin-NE be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The response uses hinneh {הִנֵּ֖ה | hinneh} “behold” plus banayot {בנוית | banayot} “Naioth” and baramah {בָּרָמָֽה | baramah} “in Ramah,” preserving immediacy of location. English markers mirror the Hebrew sequence and spatial references.
Root and etymology
r-m-h
“height”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:22
And he also went to Ramah and came to the great well in Seku , and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And he said, “Behold, they are in Naioth in Ramah.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:22:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 19:22, so the Hebrew word בָּרָמָֽה׃ (barama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.19.22.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.22.W18.S1) and character.