Lexical Summary Ramah or Rama: "trembling", son of Cush, also a trading people Original Word: רַעְמָהTransliteration: Ramah or Rama Phonetic Spelling: (rah-maw') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine Short Definition: "trembling", son of Cush, also a trading people Meaning: Raamah -- "trembling", son of Cush, also a trading people Strong's Concordance Raamah The same as ra'mah; Ramah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a place (perhaps founded by him) -- Raamah. see HEBREW ra'mah Brown-Driver-Briggs H7484. Ramah or Rama II. רַעְמָא רַעְמָה, (GiIntr. 124 ff.) proper name, masculine 'son' of Cush, הָ֯ Genesis 10:7 (twice in verse) = אָ֯ 1 Chronicles 1:9 (twice in verse) (Baer, see his note; van d. H. Gi הָ֯ vb); Ρεγχμα, Ρεγμα; הָ֯ as trading people Ezekiel 27:22, Ραμα, Ραγμα. Identified by many with city Ῥεγ(α)μα (Ptolvi. 7, 14), Ῥηγμα (Steph. Byz.), in southeast Arabia, on Persian Gulf (so even DHMZMG xxx (1876), 122 GlasSkizze ii.251, 325), but this is in inscription (Glasib. 252); < Sabean רעֿמה near Me`în in southwest Arabia (HomSüdar. Chr. 131 Hal535, 11, compare DHMl.c.), perhaps = Ῥαμμανῖται of Straboxvi. 4. 24, see DiGenesis 10:7. |
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