בַּ/בָּמָ֖ה

𐤁/𐤁𐤌𐤄

bâmâh

on the high place

A raised area or platform, typically outside, used as a place of worship or ritual sacrifice in ancient Israel and neighboring cultures; also refers to natural or human-made heights, hilltops, or elevated locations that served as cultic sites, and on rare occasions used metaphorically for eminence or prominence.

H1116

1 Chronicles 21:29 · Word #11

Lexicon H1116

Lemmaבָּמָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤌𐤄
Transliterationbâmâh
Strong'sH1116
DefinitionA raised area or platform, typically outside, used as a place of worship or ritual sacrifice in ancient Israel and neighboring cultures; also refers to natural or human-made heights, hilltops, or elevated locations that served as cultic sites, and on rare occasions used metaphorically for eminence or prominence.

Morphology HRd/Ncfsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

Common Translation

Phraseon the high place

SIBI-P1 Translation H1116-01

on the cultic height

Morphological NotesPreposition בַּ (in/on the) + feminine singular absolute noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun denotes a raised or elevated place, typically used for worship; "cultic height" preserves both the elevation sense and its ritual association. The prefixed בַּ includes the preposition "on/in" with the definite article, yielding "on the."

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