<strong>RAAMIAH</strong> (rā'a-mī'a, Heb. <em>ra’amyâh, Jehovah has thundered</em>). One of the companions of Zerubbabel who returned with him to Jerusalem from captivity (<bibleref ref="Neh.7.7">Neh.7.7</bibleref>); called Reelaiah by Ezra (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.2">Ezra.2.2</bibleref>). The text may be corrupt at this point.<br /><br />

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<strong>RAAMIAH</strong> <strong>rā’ ə mī’ ə</strong> (<span class="hebrew">רַֽעַמְיָ֨ה</span>). One of the twelve Israelite chiefs who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="Neh.7.7">Neh 7:7</bibleref>); called Reelaiah in <bibleref ref="Ezra.2.2">Ezra 2:2</bibleref>, and Resaiah in <bibleref ref="1Esd.5.8">1 Esdras 5:8</bibleref> (KJV REESAIAS, ASV RESAIAS).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

One of the leading men who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity (<bibleref ref="Neh.7.7">Ne 7:7</bibleref>). In the corresponding passage in <bibleref ref="Ezra.2.2">Ezr 2:2</bibleref>, where the same list is named, a slight variation in form is given. "Reelaiah" is the name found in this passage. Doubtless, one is a corruption of the other. Both have the same root meaning.s generally been identified with Regina, mentioned by Ptolemy and Steph. Byzantr. as a city in Southeastern Arabia on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint (Rhegma) itself supposes this site. But the Arabic name of the city here indicated is spelled with a "g" and so gives rise to a phonological difficulty. A more probable identification has been found in the Sabean ra`mah in Southwestern Arabia near Me`in in the north of Marib. Me`in was the capital of the old Minaean kingdom.<br /><br />

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