HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7316
רוּמָה
ru.mah — Dumah
§ Rumah = "height" home of the grandfather of king Jehoiakim of Judah
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Rumah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H725
אֲרוּמָה
a.ru.mah — Arumah
Arumah = "I shall be exalted" a place near Shechem, home of Abimelech Also named: ru.mah (רוּמָה "Rumah" H7316H)
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Elevation, probably the same as Arumah (Judg. 9:41; 2 Kings 23:36), near Shechem. Others identify it with Tell Rumeh, in Galilee, about 6 miles north of Nazareth.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.