H7437: רָמַת לֶחִי
Râmath Lechîy · pronounced raw'-math lekh'-ee · “Ramath-lehi”
Definition
Ramath-Lechi, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Ramath-lehi.
Word origin: from H7413 (רָמָה) and H3895 (לְחִי); height of a jaw-bone;
Extended definition
§ Ramath-lehi = "height of a jawbone"
a place by the rock Elam in northern Judah near the border of the Philistines; named by Samson after his slaughter of the 1000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass
a place by the rock Elam in northern Judah near the border of the Philistines; named by Samson after his slaughter of the 1000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7437 is translated
- ramath ×1
- lehi ×1
Bible verses with H7437 (Râmath Lechîy)
Râmath lechîy appears in 1 verse.
- Judges 15:17
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.