Dictionaries :: Rumah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rumah:

elevation, probably the same as Arumah (Jdg 9:41; 2Ki 23:36), near Shechem. Others identify it with Tell Rumeh, in Galilee, about 6 miles north of Nazareth.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Rumah:

exalted; sublime; rejected

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Rumah:

roo'-ma (rumah; Codex Vaticanus Rhouma; Codex Alexandrinus Rhuma): To this place belonged Pedaiah whose daughter Zebudah (the Revised Version (British and American) "Zebidah") entered the harem of Josiah, king of Judah, and became the mother of Jehoiakim (2Ki 23:36). Josephus (Ant., X, v, 2) calls the place Abouma, but this is an obvious clerical error for Arouma. This suggests a possible identification with Arumah (Jud 9:41), which lay not far from Shechem. Another possible identification is with the Rumah mentioned by Josephus (BJ, III, vii, 21) in Galilee (compare Neubauer, Geog. du Talmud, 203), which may be identical with the modern Khirbet Rumeh, about 3 miles North of Seffuriyeh. Some, however, would identify Rumah with Dumah of Jos 15:52, where the substitution of "r" for "d" is supported by the Septuagint (Rheuma), possibly represented by the modern Domeh, about 13 miles Southeast of Beit Jibrin. This of course was in the territory of Judah, and no question of jus connubium is involved, such as might arise in the case of a Galilean site.

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Rumah: Definition Of

A city whose location has not been ascertained

Rumah: The Home of Jehoiakim's Mother

2Ki 23:36

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rumah:

(high) mentioned once only-(2 Kings 23:36). It has been conjectured to be the same place as Arumah (Judges 9:41) which was apparently near Shechem. It is more probable that it is identical with Dumah (Joshua 15:52).