Strong H7436רָמָתַיִם צוֹפִים

Ramathaim-zophim

Transliteration
râmâthayim tsôphîym
Pronunciation
raw-maw-thah'-yim tso-feem'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From the dual of H7413 and the plural of the active participle of H6822; double height of watchers;
Ramathajim {Tsophim} a place in Palestine: - Ramathaim-zophim.

Meaning of the name

Ramathaim-zophim = "double height of the watchers"

Detailed definition

Mizpah (Mizpeh, Ramah, Ramathaim-zophim, Arimathea), a city in Benjamin where the Israelites gathered for judgment and prayer (Judges 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1 Samuel 7:5-7, 11-12, 16; 10:17), and the hometown of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3) and Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51; John 19:38).

In the biblical story

Mizpah

A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment

Mizpah (Mizpeh, Ramah, Ramathaim-zophim, Arimathea), a city in Benjamin where the Israelites gathered for judgment and prayer (Judges 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1 Samuel 7:5-7, 11-12, 16; 10:17), and the hometown of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3) and Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51; John 19:38).

In the Bible

Strong H7436 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zophim1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 1:1
    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
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