Ramath-lehi standard
s (Jud 15:17). The Septuagint seems to have supposed that the name referred to the "heaving" or throwing up of the jaw-bone.
Where is Ramath-lehi in the Bible?
Ramath-lehi, meaning "hill of the jawbone," was a location in ancient Judah associated with the biblical judge Samson and the Philistines. According to the book of Judges, Ramath-lehi is where Samson killed a thousand Philistines using the jawbone of a donkey as a weapon. The exact location remains uncertain, though scholars believe it may have been situated in Wady es-Sarar, near the towns of Zorah and Timnath in the territory of Judah. This site holds theological significance as a demonstration of God's power working through Samson during Israel's conflict with Philistine oppression.
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Ramath-lehi
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)s (Jud 15:17). The Septuagint seems to have supposed that the name referred to the "heaving" or throwing up of the jaw-bone. The Hebrew, however, corresponds to the form used in other placenames, such as Ramath-mizpeh, and must be read as "Ramah of Lehi." The name Lehi may have been given because of some real or imagined likeness in the place to the shape of a jaw-bone (Jud 15:9,14,19). It may have been in Wady es-Sarar, not far from Zorah and Timnath; but the available data do not permit of certain identification.
See JAWBONE; LEHI.
W. Ewing