Lexical Summary Raamses or Rameses: a city in Egypt Original Word: רַעְמְסֵסTransliteration: Raamses or Rameses Phonetic Spelling: (rah-mes-ace') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city in Egypt Meaning: Rameses -- a city in Egypt Strong's Concordance Raamses, Rameses Or Raamcec {rah-am-sace'}; of Egyptian origin; Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt -- Raamses, Rameses. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7486. Raamses or Rameses ַרעַמְסֵס proper name, of a location Exodus 1:11 (J), = רַלְמְסֵס Genesis 47:11; Exodus 12:37; Numbers 33:3, 5 (all P), Ramses, city in Egypt; Ραμες(ς)η; built by King Rameses II (hence its name; the king used Israelitish corveve according to Exodus 1:11), near Tel el-Maskhuta (Pithom), but not certainly identified, see מִּהֹם and references; ר ׳אֶרֶץ Genesis 47:11 of district round. [רָעַן] verb only Pa`lel be or grow luxuriant, fresh, green; — Perfect3feminine singular רַעֲנָ֑נָה (DeHiob) Job 15:32 (of branch, in figure). |