Word

רָמַס

râmaç · H7429 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

Action by which humans, deities, or animals tread heavily and noisily on people, plants, or objects; usually with the purpose of killing, destroying, desecrating, and/or humiliating (to trample (down), to tread)

Examples
Ezekiel 26:11 “With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will go down to the ground.
to trample down, to oppress

Literally: to trample; hence: action by which humans violently oppress other humans

Examples
2 Kings 7:17 Now the king appointed the royal officer on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had spoken.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

18 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 9
עַםpeople 2
Not stated: you (one person) 2
עֲטָרָהcrown 1
רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

15 occurrences in 11 groups

וֹhim 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 6 groups

בin/on/with+ רֶגֶלfoot, leg 2
בin/on/with+ שַׁעַרgate 2
בin/on/with+ חֵמָהwrath, fury 1
בin/on/with+ חֹמֶרmud 1
בin/on/with+ פַּרְסָהhoof 1
לto/for+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

תָּמַםto be finished, to come to an end, to perish 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מְעַטfew 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Impact002001001024: 2 Kings 7:17, 20 both describe an officer being "trampled" at the gate, 2 Kings 9:33 describes Jezebel being "trampled...underfoot," and 2 Kings 14:9/2 Chronicles 25:18 describe a thorn bush being "trampled" by a wild animal, richly and directly attesting the sense of a forceful blow or crushing.
Unsafe002003003022: 2 Kings 7:17, 20's account of the officer trampled to death at the gate, and 9:33's account of Jezebel trampled underfoot, both attest a context of mortal danger and violence.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָמַסrâmaç · H7429מִרְמָס mirmâç · H4823 · to trample (down), to tread · 7×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7429. ramas רָמַס verb trample (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic רְמַס; compare perhaps…

H7429. ramas
רָמַס verb trample (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic רְמַס; compare perhaps Syriac , Arabic , kick (BaES 33 Köii. 196); is bury, and conceal grave); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְר Mic 5:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְמֹס Eze 26:11; Psa 7:6, יִרְמָסֿ Isa 41:25, suffix וַיִּרְמְסֶנָּה 2Ki 9:33, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רִמְסִי Nah 3:14; Infinitive construct רְמֹס Isa 1:12; Participle רֹמֵס Isa 16:4; — trample, of men, with accusative חֲצֵרָ֑י Isa 1:12, חוּצוֺת Eze 26:11 (by horses' hoofs), טִיט Eze 41:25 (in simile), compare ׳ר בַחֹמֶר Nah 3:14, accusative מִרְעֶה Eze 34:18 (in figurative); trample down, accusative of person, animal, or thing, 2Ki 7:17, 2Ki 7:20, so (by horses' hoofs) 2Ki 9:33, ׳יִר חַיָּי֫ לָאָרֶץ Psa 7:6; Psa 91:13 (|| תִּדְרֹךְ); subject ׳י Isa 63:13 (figurative; +דָּרַךְ), subject רֶנֶל Isa 26:6; subject beast 2Ki 14:9 (allegory) = 2Ch 25:18; Dan 8:7 (vision), of horn, Dan 8:10; absolute of lion, ׳וְר וְטָרַף Mic 5:7 (simile); participle as substantive collective tramplers (i.e. devastators) Isa 16:4.
Niph`al be trampled, Imperfect3feminine plural תֵּרָמַ֑סְנָה בְּרַגֶלַיִם Isa 28:3 (on subject compare Di Du CheHpt Köi. 183).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Impact18 occurrences Unsafe1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0