Bamah
bamah
a height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the jews worshipped idols (ezek. 20:29). the plural is translated “high places” in num. 22:41 and ezek. 36:2.
historical examples
but the altar, it has recently been suggested, was rather a “bamah” (a high place) than a temple.
philo-judaeus of alexandria norman bentwich
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