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בָּמָה

ba.mah

high place

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Strong’s H1116Noun, feminine102 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

high places64

high place17

the high places of14

a high place2

the high places2

high places of2

are the high places of1

In the text

1 Samuel 9:12בַּבָּמָה
“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
1 Kings 3:2בַּבָּמוֹת
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
2 Kings 12:3הַבָּמוֹת
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
2 Chronicles 1:3לַבָּמָה
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
Jeremiah 7:31בָּמוֹת
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Ezekiel 6:3בָּמוֹתֵיכֶם
You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בָּמָה 104 n.f. high place

1. high place, mountain

2. high places, battle-fields

3. high places, as places of worship

4. funereal mound (?)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.