Proverbs 12:24:3Prov.12.24.W3TAB
ו֝רְמִיָּ֗ה
veremiya
“but slackness or deceit”
- Transliteration
- ve-re-mi-YA
- Extended
- veh-reh-mih-YAA
- IPA
- /vər.miˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but slackness or deceit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-re-mi-YA
- clause
ve-re-mi-YA tih-ye la-MAS
- sentence
YAD-kha-ru-TSIM tim-SHOL ve-re-mi-YA tih-ye la-MAS
Exegesis
The adversative vav in v’remiyah {ו֝רְמִיָּ֗ה | wə-rim-yāh} introduces the contrasting clause, with remiyah as the subject of the imperfect tihyeh {תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tî-hyêh}, also feminine, setting up the outcome expressed by the prepositional phrase lā-mās {לָמַֽס | lā-mās}, which signifies compulsory service. The tight word order and gender agreements accentuate the causal relationship between character and consequence typical of Hebrew proverbial style.
Root and etymology
r-m-hresh–mem–heh
“to slack; to practice fraud”
In context — Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but slackness will become forced labor .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 12:24, so the Hebrew word ו֝רְמִיָּ֗ה (veremiya) 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.12.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.24.W3.S1) and character.