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Bamah

Hebrew: בָּמָה —transliteration: bamah or bāmāh —meaning: a height, a high place —occurrences in the Hebrew Bible: 102

Bamah is a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols.

The word “Bamah” appears only once in English translations of the Old Testament.

“Then I said to them, ‘What is the high place [hab·bamah] to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.” —Ezekiel 20:29

The plural of this Hebrew word is translated as “high places” in Numbers 22:41 NASB; Num. 21:28; 33:52; Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 32:13; 33:29; 2 Samuel 1:19; 1:25; 22:34; 1 Kings 3:2-4; 11:7; 12:31-2; etc.

It is translated as “heights” in Ezekiel 36:2 NASB; Isaiah 14:14; 58:14.