Genesis 47:11; Exo 1:11; 12:37
Rameses (Heb. Ramesês and Raamsês, “thunder” or “son of the sun”; transliterations of Egyptian Rms-sw, “He whom Ra has begotten”; cun. Rîamashêsha). 1. Name of an Egyptian pharaoh, commonly called Ramesses, appearing in the name of a region, “the land of Rameses” (Gen 47:11), “the land of Goshen”* (v 27). See Rameses 2. 2. City built by the Heretic slaves (Exo 1:11). From it the Israelites went out under the leadership of Moses towards Canaan (Exo 12:37; Num 33:3, 5). Egyptian texts from the 20th dynasty named a city pr-Rmí’, “House of Ramesses”, as the place of residence of Ramesses II. Many Egyptologists identify it with Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos, later called Tanis or Zoán* (Tsân el-2agar); others, with Qantir, about 27 km southwest of Tsân el-2agar. Map V, B-3. 423. Head of the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Cairo Museum. If the exodus occurred in the 15th century BC, the names of Ramesses must be considered the modernization of one or more, because Ramesses II, who gave his name to the city and the surrounding region, ruled some 200 years later. It would be natural for later scribes to substitute a name in current use for older ones that were no longer in use and thus perhaps unknown. See Chronology (II, B); Dan.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
The Hebrew name of a site derived from the Egyptian royal name Ramses. In the OT, it first appears as the name of a delta district in which Jacob and his sons settled by Joseph (Gen 47:11).
Rameses and Python are the names given (Exo 1:11) to the two supply cities that the Israelites were forced to build for the pharaoh of oppression. Starting from Ramesses, the Israelites began their exodus from Egypt (Exo 12:37); Num 33:3, Num 33:5). Up to the present, there is fairly general agreement that Ramesses is to be identified with Avaris Zoán Tanis, in the northeast part of the delta.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
City and region in Lower Egypt, in the eastern part of the Nile delta, where the Israelites lived by order of Pharaoh. It was considered “the best of the land” of Egypt (Gen 47:11). The children of Israel had to build “for Pharaoh the storage cities, Python and R.† (Exo 1:11). From there the people left when the exodus (Exo 12:37; Num 33:3-5). Its location is not exactly known, opinions are divided between Tanis and Qantir. Although the Bible does not say so, many experts think that the name of R. identifies a city used as capital by the dynasty that used that name. Some think Ramses II would be the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus. = †¢Zoan. †¢Egypt. †¢exodus. †¢Goshen.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, CITY
see, HYKDOS, PYTHON, PHARAIN, EGYPT, CHRONOLOGY
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vet, (Egypt. “R’-ms-sw”: “Ra is the one who has begotten him”). City of the most fertile part of Egypt (Gen. 47:11), in the district of Goshen (Gen. 47:6). Pharaoh ordered Joseph to settle Jacob and his children in this region. Built by the Israelites under the oppressive pharaoh (Ex. 1:11); the hyksos (see HYKSOS) made it their capital (Avaris-Tanis). Ramses II rebuilt it and inscribed his name on it (see PITí “N, FARAí“ N, b and c, EGYPT, (a), CHRONOLOGY). Identified with Saint el-Hagar. Conventional chronology places Ramses II around 1299 and 1232 BC This chronology, however, based on very fragmentary data and uncertain identifications, has settled only by inertia. Velikovsky places him, based on crucial evidence, at the time of the kings of Judah and the fall of Jerusalem (609-569 BC), identifying him with Pharaoh Necho II; thus, his detailed study confirms Courville’s general study (see bibliography), although the latter study needs to further refine the details of the chronology. Bibliography: Courville, D.: “The Exodus Problem and its Ramifications” (Challenge Books, Loma Linda, Calif., 1971); Velikovsky, I.: “Ages in Chaos” (Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1952); Velikovsky, I.: “Ramses II and bis time” (Abacus, London, 1980).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
See RAAMSES, RAMESES.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
( °vrv3 “Ramesses”; egp. Pr-R’mssw, Pi-Ramesse, ‘domain of Rameses’). City of Egypt mentioned with Python, where the Hebrews were afflicted with heavy burdens (Ex. 1.11; 12.37; Nm. 33.3). This was the famous residence of Ramses II in the eastern Delta (ca. 1290–1224 BC). The kings of the 18th dynasty did not build there. At one time Pi-Ramesse was located by scholars at Pelusio, and later at Tanis (* Zoan), guided by the excavations that Montet had carried out there. But all the building stones used at Tanis by the Ramessides are used materials brought from elsewhere. It is virtually certain that the remains of a palace, an enamel factory, and houses of princes and high officials (with traces of a temple) at and near Qantir, 30 km S of Tanis, indicate the true site in the which was located Ramesés/Pi-Ramesse. The exodus began in Rameses (Ex. 12.37) (* camp by the sea). Centuries earlier, Jacob had settled in the area (Gen. 47.11).
Bibliography. CF Pfeiffer, “Rameses”, °DBA, pp. 546–547; A. Díez Macho, “Ra’meses”, °EBDM, t
A. H. Gardiner, JEA 5, 1918, p. 127–138, 179–200, 242–271; P. Montet, RB 39, 1930, p. 5–28; L. Habachi, ASAE 52, 1954, p. 448–562; J. van Seters, The Hyksos, 1966, p. 127–151; M. Bietak, Tell el-Dab’a, 2, 1975, esp. pp. 179–221, pl. 44s.
CDW, K.A.K.
Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary