Proverbs 11:1:2Prov.11.1.W2TAB
מִ֭רְמָה
mirma
“deceit”
- Transliteration
- mir-ma
- Extended
- mihr-MAA
- IPA
- /mirˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- deceit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mir-ma
- clause
mo-zen-E mir-ma to-a-VAT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
mo-zen-E mir-ma to-a-VAT ye-ho-VAH ve-E-ven she-le-MA re-tso-NO
Exegesis
The phrase moznei mirmah {מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה | mô-znê mir-māh} forms a construct chain ‘balances of deceit’ functioning as the first member of an antithetic parallelism.
Root and etymology
ר־מ־ה
“deceit”
In context — Proverbs 11:1
Deceptive scales are an abomination to the LORD , but a just weight is His delight .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 11:1, so the Hebrew word מִ֭רְמָה (mirma) 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.11.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.1.W2.S1) and character.