H7484H

רַעְמָה

ra.mahN:N--L

Raamah

§ Raamah = "horse's mane" a home of traders

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. רַעְמָה, רַעְמָא (GiIntr. 124 ff.) proper name, masculine 'son' of Cush, הָ֯ Gen 10:7 (twice in verse) = אָ֯ 1Chr 1:9 (twice in verse) (Baer, see his note; van d. H. Gi הָ֯ vb); Ρεγχμα, Ρεγμα; הָ֯ as trading people Ezek 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 DiGen 10:7.


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