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1. Bamah: This word, which ordinarily designates a "high place" (see High Places), is introduced in Ezek. as a generic name for an idolatrous place of worship for the purpose of playing upon the word, as though " " were compounded from "ba" (come ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Bamah: BAMAH ba'-ma, ba'-ma (bamah, "high place"): The word appears in Ezekiel 20:29 where reference is made to former "high-place worship," the prophet speaking with contempt of such manner of worship. Ewald suggests a play of words ... [100%] 1915-01-01
3. High Place (Hebrew, "Bamah"; Plural, "Bamot"): A raised space primitively on a natural, later also on an artificial, elevation devoted to and equipped for the sacrificial cult of a deity. The term occurs also in the Assyrian ("bamati"; see Friedrich Delitzsch, "Assyrisches Handwörterb. and in the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]