Ragma

Ragma is a son of Kush in the Old Testament .

etymology

The name is derived from the Hebrew רַעְמָה ra'mā . There are two spellings in the Septuagint , namely Ρεγμα regma ( Gen 10.7  EU , 1 Chr 1.9  EU ) and Ραγμα ragma ( Ez 27.22  EU ).

Ragma as a tribal name

Ragma is referred to in Gen 10.7  EU as the son of Cush and the grandson of Ham of the son of Noah . His siblings are Seba , Hawila , Sabta , Sabtecha and Nimrod . Ragma is the father of Saba and Dedan . All of them are not historical persons, but tribes that have been linked in a genealogy. So in Ez 27,22  EU Ragma (originally ragmatum ) and Saba are also named together as places of origin of merchants. Ragma can be found in southern Saudi Arabia on the northern border of Yemen.

literature

• Franz Sedlmeier:  Ragma. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.