Raamah ( Hebrew: רַעְמָה, Raʿmh) is a name found in the Torah, meaning "lofty" or "exalted", and possibly " thunder".
The name is first mentioned as the fourth son of Cush, who is the son of Ham, who is the son of Noah in Gen. 10:7, and later appears as a country that traded with the Phoenician city-state of Tyre, in Ezekiel 27:22. It has been connected with Rhammanitae mentioned by Strabo in the southwest Arabian Peninsula, and with an Arabian city of Regmah at the head of the Persian Gulf. [ clarification needed]
This country of Raamah is usually assumed to be somewhere in the region of Yemen; Sheba was a son of Raamah, and his descendants are often held to be included among the Sabaeans.[ citation needed] Dedan, son of Raamah. Apparently a region of the Medina Province of Saudi Arabia.[ citation needed]
However, there was also an Israelite city called Ramah, somewhat closer to Tyre.
See also
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Easton, Matthew George (1897). "
Raamah".
Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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