1 Samuel 19:23:161 Sam.19.23.W16TAB
בָּרָמָֽה׃
barama
“in Ramah”
- Transliteration
- ba-ra-MA
- Extended
- baa-raa-MAA
- IPA
- /baːraːˈmaː/
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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Word in context
- word
ba-ra-MA
- phraseyour reading level
b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- clause
va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The destination is specified by el-nāwōyṯ {אֶל־נָוֹ֖ית | ʾel-nāwōyṯ} ‘to Naioth’ narrowed by the proper noun bārāmā {בָּרָמָ֑ה | bārāmā} ‘Ramah’.
The preposition ʿad {עַד־ | ʿad} ‘until’ plus the construct bōʾô {בֹּא֖וֹ | bōʾô} ‘his coming’ sets the temporal limit, and the location is reinforced by repeated bə-nāyōṯ {בנוית | bə-nāyōṯ} and bə-nāyōṯ {בְּנָי֥וֹת | bə-nāyōṯ} ‘in Naioth’ and the final bārāmā {בָּרָמָֽה | bārāmā} ‘Ramah’, framing the spatial setting while rendering Hebrew VSO narrative into English SVO with retained emphasis on motion and divine agency.
Root and etymology
ר־מ־ה
“height”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:23
Saul went there to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God was also upon him; and he walked about prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 19:23, 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.19.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.23.W16.S1) and character.