How to Pronounce Ramoth-gilead
RAH-moth-GIL-ee-ad
Ramoth-gilead is pronounced RAH-moth-GIL-ee-ad (ˌreɪməθˈgɪliəd): five syllables, stress on the first and third. Also heard: RAY-muhth-GIL-ee-uhd.
What does Ramoth-gilead mean?
Ramoth-gilead means “heights of Gilead” (Hebrew).
Where was Ramoth-gilead?
Ramoth-gilead was a city east of the Jordan in Gilead that Israel and Syria fought over. King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went up together to take it back from the king of Syria (1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:29), and it was there, on Jehu's orders, that a young prophet later anointed Jehu king (2 Kings 9:1).
Also pronounced
RAY-muhth-GIL-ee-uhd
Found in Scripture
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