Strong’s H1116 · Hebrew
בָּמָה
bâmâh
bam-maw'
Definition
an elevation
Etymology
from an unused root (meaning to be high);
Where the KJV renders it
- height
- high place
- wave
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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