Bamoth — the meaning of the Hebrew name בָּמוֹת

בָּמוֹת

Bâmôwth · pronounced baw-moth' · Strong's H1120 · a place · also spelled Bamoth-baal

Bamoth means heights.

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בָּמָה bâmâh (plural of, H1116) — an elevation open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל Baʻal (the same and, H1168) — Baal, a Phoenician deity open in the lexicon ›

plural of H1116; heights; or (fully) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל; from the same and H1168; heights of Baal; Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan.

Num 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Numbers, Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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