Numbers 15:30:4Num.15.30.W4TAB
רָמָ֗ה
ramah
“high”
- Transliteration
- ra-MAH
- Extended
- raa-MAH
- IPA
- /bəˈjad/
Meaning by language
- English
- high
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ta-a-SEH be-YAD ra-MAH
- clause
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-ta-a-SEH be-YAD ra-MAH min-ha-ez-RAKH u-min-ha-GER et-ye-ho-VAH HU me-gad-DEF
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-ta-a-SEH be-YAD ra-MAH min-ha-ez-RAKH u-min-ha-GER et-ye-ho-VAH HU me-gad-DEF ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-taaseh {אֲשֶֽׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | ʾa-šer-ta-ʿa-śeh} ‘who acts’ is followed by the idiom beyad ramah {בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֗ה | bə-yad rā-māh} ‘with a high hand’, conveying intentional defiance.
Root and etymology
r-m-hresh-mem-heh
“to be high, haughty”
In context — Numbers 15:30
But the person who acts with a high hand, whether native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD and shall be cut off from the midst of their people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:30, so the Hebrew word רָמָ֗ה (ramah) 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 Num.15.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.30.W4.S1) and character.