Proverbs 26:19:2Prov.26.19.W2TAB
רִמָּ֣ה
rimma
“deceived or tricked”
- Transliteration
- rim-MA
- Extended
- rihm-MAA
- IPA
- /rimˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- deceived or tricked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
rim-MA
- clause
KEN-ISH rim-MA ET-re-E-hu
- sentence
KEN-ISH rim-MA ET-re-E-hu ve-A-mar ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
Exegesis
The piel perfect rimmah {רִמָּ֣ה | rim-māh} denotes a completed, intentional deceit.
Root and etymology
ר־מ־ה
“to deceive”
In context — Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not only playing ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 26:19, so the Hebrew word רִמָּ֣ה (rimma) 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.26.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.19.W2.S1) and character.