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רְמִיָּה

Strong’s: H7423

Associated OET lemmas: רְמִיָּה

Authors: Steve Berneking

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: רמה

Sense 1: lazy, slothful, idle, slack

Semantic domains: Lazy (002001002017)

Core domains: Work (200)

Definition: = state or condition of a person unequipped or unwilling to work or be attentive to responsibilities

PRO 10:4: RV PRO 10:4 · LV PRO 10:4 · Read together PRO 10:4

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OET-RV PRO 10:4

4 Idle hands lead to poverty,
⇔ ^ but those who work hard gain wealth.

OET-LV PRO 10:4

4 Is_poor one _who_works a _palm _of slackness and_the_hand _of diligent_people it _gains _riches.

PRO 12:24: RV PRO 12:24 · LV PRO 12:24 · Read together PRO 12:24

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OET-RV PRO 12:24

24 Those who work hard will rule,
⇔ ^ but an idle person will become forced labour.

OET-LV PRO 12:24

24 The_hand _of diligent_people it _will _rule and_slackness it _will _become (into)_forced_labour.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

PRO: RV PRO 10:4 · RV PRO 12:24 · RV PRO 12:27 · RV PRO 19:15 · LV PRO 10:4 · LV PRO 12:24 · LV PRO 12:27 · LV PRO 19:15 · Read together PRO 10:4 · Read together PRO 12:24 · Read together PRO 12:27 · Read together PRO 19:15

JER: RV JER 48:10 · LV JER 48:10 · Read together JER 48:10

Sense 2: slack > useless (bow)

Semantic domains: Bad (002001001006)

Core domains: Warfare (188)

Definition: literally: a slack bow; hence: = a bow that has lost its spring and is therefore no longer useful

Collocations: קֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּה

PSA 78:57: RV PSA 78:57 · LV PSA 78:57 · Read together PSA 78:57

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OET-RV PSA 78:57

57 They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their ancestors.
⇔ They were as unreliable as a faulty bow.

OET-LV PSA 78:57

57 And_they _turned _back and_they _acted _treacherously like_ancestors _of_their they _changed like_a _bow _of deceit.

HOS 7:16: RV HOS 7:16 · LV HOS 7:16 · Read together HOS 7:16

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OET-RV HOS 7:16

16 They return, but not upward.
⇔ They’re like a slack bow.
⇔ Their leaders will die by the sword because they’ve been so insolent.
⇔ That’s why Mitsrayim (Egypt) will mock them.

OET-LV HOS 7:16

16 They _turn not height they _have _become like_a _bow _of deceit they _will _fall by_sword leaders _of_their from_the _indignation _of their _tongue _of_their this be_their _mockery _of_will in_land of _Miʦrayim.

Form 2

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: רמה

Sense 1: deceit, fraud, lies

Semantic domains: False (002001003007)

Core domains: Truth and Falsehood (184)

Definition: = the state in which something false is described or spoken about as true, so that others believe it to be truth

JOB 13:7: RV JOB 13:7 · LV JOB 13:7 · Read together JOB 13:7

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OET-RV JOB 13:7

7 Will you all speak faithlessly on God’s behalf,
⇔ ≈ and will you talk deceitfully for him?

OET-LV JOB 13:7

7 For_god will _you(pl)_speak unrighteousness and_to/for_him/it will _you(pl)_speak deceit.

JOB 27:4: RV JOB 27:4 · LV JOB 27:4 · Read together JOB 27:4

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OET-RV JOB 27:4

4 If my lips speak wickedness,
⇔ ≈ if my tongue speaks deceitfully,

OET-LV JOB 27:4

4 If lips _of_my they _will _speak injustice and_tongue _of_my if it _will _utter deceit.

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: RV JOB 13:7 · RV JOB 27:4 · LV JOB 13:7 · LV JOB 27:4 · Read together JOB 13:7 · Read together JOB 27:4

PSA: RV PSA 32:2 · RV PSA 52:2 · RV PSA 101:7 · RV PSA 120:2–3 · LV PSA 32:2 · LV PSA 52:4 · LV PSA 101:7 · LV PSA 120:2–3 · Read together PSA 32:2 · Read together PSA 52:2 · Read together PSA 101:7 · Read together PSA 120:2–3

MIC: RV MIC 6:12 · LV MIC 6:12 · Read together MIC 6:12