Raamses
[rey-am-seez]
- a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
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Also Rameses.
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Raamses, or Rameses, is a Coptic word meaning the son of the sun.
The Anabasis of AlexanderArrian of Nicomedia
Among his enterprises were the cities of Pithom and Raamses in the Delta.
Archology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton
And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
The Bible StoryRev. Newton Marshall Hall
He set over them taskmasters, to afflict them with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithon and Raamses.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1George W. Williams
And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.