בָּמוֹת

ba.motBamoth

hebrewOld TestamentName of a place4 occurrences2 books4 verses

This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:

Bamoth: Israelite encampment in Moab during the Exodus
Bamoth-baal: Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: Bamoth, Bamoth-baal.

Glossary entries

Bamoth, Bamoth-Baal

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total

Numbers 21:19בָּמֽוֹת׃ · to Bamoth
…and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
Numbers 21:20וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת · and from Bamoth
…and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Numbers 22:41בָּמ֣וֹת · up to
The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
Joshua 13:17וּבָמ֣וֹת
…to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,