Place · Semitic

RU-MA-TA

the Height (toponym of the Ramah/Ramoth type)

Reading
rūmatā
Type
Place Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
RU-MA-TA

Commentary

A toponym, as in the lexicon. √r-w-m "to be high". Distributional proof: bare at HT (×2), suffixed RU-MA-TA-SE at ZA20 = gentilic signature. Cf. Hebrew rāmā (רָמָה), rāmōt (רָמוֹת). On HT29 it is the first entry (qty 2) of a list with PA-JA-RE and KA-DU-MA-NE.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry RU-MA-TA.

  • Hebrewrāmârāmâ ‘height, high place’ (HALOT 1240), and the town hārāmâ, Judg 4:5
  • Ugaritic𐎗𐎎rmrm ‘high, lofty’; ‘height’ (DULAT 730)
  • AmoriteRWM ‘be high’: rāmum, rāmatum (Gelb AS 21, 29–30)
  • Phoenician𐤓𐤌rmrm ‘high, lofty’ (Krahmalkov 444)
Linear A Lexicon