רְמִיָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7423

laxness — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

laxness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רְמִיָּה²: n.f. laxness, slackness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. laxness, slackness;—always abs. ר׳;—כַּף ר׳ Pr 10:4 slack (negligent, idle) hand (opp. יַד חָרוּצִים); ר׳ alone = slackness (abstr. for concr. = one who is slack) 12:24 (‖ id.), v 27 (v. חרך); נֶפֶשׁ ר׳ 19:15 (‖ עַצְלָה); as adv. עֹשֶׁה מְלֶאכֶת י׳ רְמִיָּה Je 48:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of deceit (2); of slackness (2); slackness (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 19:15 · tree →

עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃

Word for word: laziness it.makes.fall deep.sleep and a.person of.slackness he.will.be.hungry

JPS 1917: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 10:4 · tree →

רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה וְיַ֖ד חָרוּצִ֣ים תַּעֲשִֽׁיר׃

Word for word: [is].poor [one.who].works a.palm of.slackness and.[the] hand of.diligent.[people] it.gains.riches

JPS 1917: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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