Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rambam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
ram-bam
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Maimonides, a 12th-century Jewish philosopher.

Etymology

From Hebrew רַמְבַּ״ם (rambam), acronym of רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה בֶּן מַיְמוֹן (rabí moshé ben maymón, “Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon”).

Questions

What does rambam mean?
Maimonides, a 12th-century Jewish philosopher.
Where does rambam come from?
From Hebrew רַמְבַּ״ם (rambam), acronym of רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה בֶּן מַיְמוֹן (rabí moshé ben maymón, “Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon”).

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