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Author(s): Na'aman, Nadav
[English Version] . Das hebr. Wort רָמָה/rāmāh bedeutet »Anhöhe« und ist häufig Name erhöht liegender Orte. Verschiedene bibl. Siedlungen tragen Ableitungen des Namens (Ramatajim, Ramot, Ramot-Gilead, Ramot-Negev, Ramat-Lehi, Ramat-Mizpe). Sie zu unterscheiden und zu lokalisieren ist nicht immer leicht. – 1. Am bekanntesten ist das oft genannte R. in Benjamin (Jos 18,25; Ri 19,13; 1Kön 15,17.21f.; Jes 10,29; Jer 40,1), zu identifizieren mit dem heutigen er-Rām, 9 km nördlich von Jerusalem. Seine Bekanntheit resultiert aus der Lage an …


(311 words)

Author(s): Na’aman, Nadav
[German Version] The Hebrew word רָמָה/ rāmāh means “height” and was a commonplace name for elevated places. Several biblical places are called various derivatives of the noun (Ramatayim, Ramoth, Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth-Negev, Ramath-Lehi, Ramath-Mizpeh). It is not always easy to distinguish between them and establish their locations. 1. The best known place is the Ramah of Benjamin which is often mentioned (Josh 18:25; Judg 19:13; 1 Kgs 15:17, 21f.; Isa 10:29; Jer 40:1). The town is identified with modern er-Rām, situated 9 km north of Jerus…


(333 words)

Author(s): Na'aman, Nadav
[German Version] (“enclosure”) was a large fortified town in northern Galilee, situated at the intersection of the roads leading northwards from the Jordan valley to the Beqa valley and the Lebanese coast. The most important city in Canaan in the 2nd millennium bce, Hazor is mentioned in the clay tablets from the 18th century bce that were excavated in Mari dealing with the diplomatic and trade relations to the Mesopotamian and North Syrian kingdoms. Hazor asserted its position in northern Canaan even after the Egyptian conquest of the land in 1457 bce. The settlement of ancient Hazor…


(535 words)

Author(s): Na'aman, Nadav
[German Version] was an important Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah. Tel Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir) is located near the Lachish valley, a main route leading from the coastal plain to the Hebron hills. In 1929 W. Albright proposed its identification with Lachish and his suggestion is generally accepted today. The derivation of the name is unknown. Lachish was the most important Late Bronze Canaanite city in the southern Shephelah, and three of its kings are mentioned in the Amarna letters…


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Author(s): Na'aman, Nadav


(2,313 words)

Author(s): Na'aman, Nadav | Achenbach, Reinhard
[English Version] I. StadtS. (hebr. שֹׁמְרוֹן/Šom erôn) war Hauptstadt des Königreichs Israel (: II.,1.) und vom Ende des 8.Jh. an bis in spätbyz. Zeit das Zentrum der im Bergland von S. errichteten Provinz (s.u. II.). Nach einer in 1Kön eingegangenen Volksetym. stammt die Bez. S. daher, daß Omri den »Berg S.« von einem Mann namens Shemer erwarb und dort eine Stadt baute, die er nach dem urspr. Besitzer des Hügels nannte (16,24). Die Bez. leitet sich von der Wurzel שׁמר/šmr, »beobachten, bewachen«, ab. הַר/har Šom erôn bedeutet »Wächterberg«, was gut zu dem Ort paßt, der auf ei…


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Author(s): Na’aman, Nadav | Achenbach, Reinhard