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Pharaoh. In the Book of Mormon, in a transcription from the writings of Isaiah (II Nephi, 17:1).  PHARAOH. The title of the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt. The individual monarch spoken of in the Book of Mormon is the one in whose reign the Hebrews were delivered from the bondage of the Egyptians, under Moses and Aaron. His name is mentioned twice (I Nephi, 4:2; 17:27), and on both occasions in connection with the destruction of his armies in the Red Sea.   PHILISTINES. The Bible people of that name. They had settled in Palestine as early as the days of Abraham. In later times they grew to be the constant enemies of the Israelites. They are mentioned three times in the Book of Mormon (II Nephi, 12:6; 19:12; 21:14), always in quotations from the writings of Isaiah.   RAHAB. Said to be a poetical name for Egypt. It occurs but once in the Book of Mormon, in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah. (II Nephi, 8:9.)   RAMAH HILL. The Jaredite name for the Hill Cumorah. In its immediate vicinity both the Jaredite and Nephite peoples were destroyed. <section end="Ramah Hill" /> <section begin="Ramah Hill" /><section end="Ramah Hill" /> <section begin="Ramath" />RAMATH. A city of the tribe of Simeon. It is mentioned (II Nephi, 20:29) in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah. <section end="Ramath" /> <section begin="Ramath" /><section end="Ramath" /> <section begin="Rameumptom" />RAMEUMPTOM. The name given by the Zoramite apostates to the elevated place in their synagogues, whence they offered up their vainglorious and hypocritical prayers. Alma states the word means a holy stand. It resembles, in its roots, Hebrew, and also Egyptian, in a remarkable manner. Ramoth, high (as Ramoth Gilead), elevated, a place where one can see and be seen; or, in a figurative sense, sublime or exalted. Mptom has probably its root in the Hebrew word translated threshold, as we are told that the Philistine's god, Dagon, had a threshold in Ashdod (see I Samuel, 5:4, 5). Words with this root are <section end="Rameumptom" />