Raʻmᵉçêç — H7486

Definition

locative proper noun

Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt

1. Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun"
2. a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen

Usually translated as

Rameses, Raamses

Origin

or Raʻamçêç; of Egyptian origin

Occurrences

Raʻmᵉçêç occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (2), Numbers (2)

• Genesis 47:11 — And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (רַעְמְסֵ֑ס), as Pharaoh had commanded.
• Exodus 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and (רַעַמְסֵֽס) Raamses.
• Exodus 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses (מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס) to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
• Numbers 33:3 — And they departed from Rameses (מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙) in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
• Numbers 33:5 — And the children of Israel removed from Rameses (מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ס), and pitched in Succoth.