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רַֽעַמְסֵס

ra.me.sesRameses
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place5 occurrences3 books5 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Raamses: A store city built by the Israelites in Egypt
  • Rameses: Egyptian city where Israelites lived before the Exodus

Definition

or רַעַמְסֵס; of Egyptian origin; Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Traditional renderings: Raamses, Rameses.

Glossary entries

Rameses (Place) Raamses

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Genesis 47:11רַעְמְסֵ֑ס · of Rameses
    So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  2. Exodus 1:11רַעַמְסֵֽס׃ · and Rameses
    So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  3. Exodus 12:37מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס · from Rameses
    The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
  4. Numbers 33:3מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙ · from Rameses
    On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
  5. Numbers 33:5מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ס · from Rameses
    The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.