The meaning of “רָמַם”
Understanding râmam reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up. - to rise (literally or figuratively) 1) to be exalted, be lifted up ...
רָמַם
exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up. - to rise (literally or figuratively) 1) to be exalted, be lifted up 1a) (Qal) to be exalted 1b) (Niphal) to lift oneself
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 16:45 | “Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.” Word: רָמַם (râmam) | |
| Job 24:24 | “They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.” Word: רָמַם (râmam) | |
| Psalms 118:16 | “The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.” Word: רָמַם (râmam) | |
| Isaiah 33:10 | “Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.” Word: רָמַם (râmam) | |
| Ezekiel 10:17 | “When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.” Word: רָמַם (râmam) |