Ezekiel 16:24:4Ezek.16.24.W4TAB
רָמָ֖ה
rama
“a high place”
- Transliteration
- ra-MA
- Extended
- raa-MAA
- IPA
- /raːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a high place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ra-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-a-SI-lakh ra-MA
- clause
va-ta-a-SI-lakh ra-MA be-khol-re-KHOV
- sentence
va-tiv-NI-lakh GEV va-ta-a-SI-lakh ra-MA be-khol-re-KHOV
Exegesis
The nouns gev {גֶּב | geḇ} “mound” and ramah {רָמָה | rāmāh} “high place” form a parallel pair emphasizing constructed elevations, likely cultic structures.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–vav–mem
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Ezekiel 16:24
And you built a mound for yourself and made a high place for yourself in every street .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:24, so the Hebrew word רָמָ֖ה (rama) 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 Ezek.16.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.24.W4.S1) and character.