Proverbs 10:4:3Prov.10.4.W3TAB
כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה
kafremiya
“a slack palm or a deceitful hand”
- Transliteration
- kaf-re-MI-ya
- Extended
- kahf-reh-MEE-yah
- IPA
- /xaf.rəˈmij.jaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a slack palm or a deceitful hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kaf-re-MI-ya
- phraseyour reading level
O-se kaf-re-MI-ya
- clause
RASH O-se kaf-re-MI-ya
- sentence
RASH O-se kaf-re-MI-ya ve-YAD kha-ru-TSIM ta-a-SHIR
Exegesis
The participle oseh {עֹשֶׂה | ʿōśeh} ‘makes’ links rash {רָאשׁ | rāʾš} ‘poverty’ and the compound kaf-remiyyah {כַף־רְמִיָּה | kāp-rəmîyyāh} ‘lazy hand.’ The maqqef binds kaf and remiyyah into one construct.
Root and etymology
r-m-h
“slackness, neglect”
In context — Proverbs 10:4
A lazy hand brings poverty, but the hand of the diligent produces wealth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 10:4, so the Hebrew word כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה (kafremiya) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.10.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.4.W3.S1) and character.