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רָמָתִי

𐤓𐤌𐤕𐤉

Râmâthîy

H7435 noun

SILEX Entry

Root רום to be high, exalted, rise

Definition

A person from Ramah; denotes geographic origin or identification with a location called Ramah. The term functions as a demonym, indicating someone whose family or residence is linked to the city or region known as Ramah. Used most often as an epithet to distinguish individuals by their place of origin.

Semantic Range

Ramathite, inhabitant of Ramah, belonging to Ramah, native of a place called Ramah, one identified by ancestral or residential connection to Ramah

Root / Etymology

From the root רום (rum), meaning 'to be high, exalted, elevated,' from which the place name רָמָה (Ramah, 'height' or 'high place') is derived. רָמָתִי (Ramathi) uses the gentilic or adjectival suffix -ִי, indicating belonging or origin from Ramah.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The term רָמָתִי appears chiefly as an appellation in narrative genealogies or when distinguishing notable individuals, as with Shimei the Ramathite (1 Kings 4:19). The form is common for biblical gentilic (demonymic) constructions, parallel to other place-based descriptors such as הַצְרָפָתִי (the Zarephathite) or הַלַּחְשִּׁי (the Lachishite). English versions frequently render it 'Ramathite' or 'of Ramah,' but this can obscure the nuance that it signals ongoing association or ancestry linked to the place. There are several locations called Ramah in the Hebrew Bible, and identification may sometimes be context-dependent; the exact Ramah referenced by רָמָתִי may vary. Later English translations sometimes conflate biblical demonyms with contemporary ethnicities; for רָמָתִי, the designation remains strictly geographic within the biblical context and carries no later ethnic or religious connotations.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

patronymic of רָמָה; a Ramathite or inhabitant of Ramah; Ramathite.

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Root Family

רום (r-w-m) — to be high, exalted, rise

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1297 בְּרַם however
H2036 הֹרָם Horam
H2037 הָרֻם Exalted One
H3141 יוֹרָם YHWH-is-Exalted
H3406 יְרִימוֹת to Heights

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H7435-01 הָ/רָֽמָתִ֑י haramati HTd/Ngmsa the Ramathite height-land man 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H7435-01 1 Chronicles 27:27 הָ/רָֽמָתִ֑י haramati HTd/Ngmsa the Ramathite height-land man
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