ו֝/רְמִיָּ֗ה — Proverbs 12:24 Hebrew Word Study

ו֝/רְמִיָּ֗ה

𐤅/𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄

vremiyah

slothful

from רָמָה; remissness, treachery; deceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.

Proverbs 12:24 · Word #4

Lexicon `H7423`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

treachery

Root	רמה (r-m-h)
Core Meanings	to throw, cast, hurl; to betray, deceive, deal treacherously
Semantic Range	treachery, deceit, betrayal, guile, slackness, remissness, negligent looseness
Conceptual Significance	רְמִיָּה captures the moral dimension of betrayal or negligent unfaithfulness in covenantal and relational contexts. It can describe both active deception and careless slackness, highlighting the biblical concern for integrity and steadfast faithfulness before God and others.
Morphological Notes	Common noun, feminine singular absolute (Ncfsa). An abstract noun formed from the verbal root רמה, denoting a quality or state.
Rendering Rationale	The noun רְמִיָּה is a feminine singular abstract noun derived from the root רמה, which conveys the idea of casting or dealing deceitfully. "Treachery" preserves the root sense of betrayal and deceptive dealing, and reflects the feminine singular absolute form as a singular abstract quality.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H8649-01`	bataremit	in the deceitfulness
`H4820-01`	bemiremah	in treachery
`H8649-02`	betaremah	deceit
`H4820-02`	lemiremah	for treachery
`H7412-01`	lemireme	to hurl
`H7411-01`	leramotani	to make me fall in betrayal
`H4820-03`	miremah	deceitfulness
`H4820-04`	miremah	deceitfulness
`H4820-05`	miremot	deceits
`H7311-35`	ramah	he hurled
`H7412-02`	remeyna	we have cast
`H7412-03`	remiv	they cast down
`H7423-01`	remiyah	treachery
`H7412-04`	remo	they hurled
`H7415-02`	rimah	a decay-worm
`H7411-02`	rimani	he has hurled me down in betrayal
`H7411-03`	rimitani	You have cast me down in betrayal
`H7411-04`	rimitem	you men have betrayed
`H7411-05`	rimitini	you (fem.) have betrayed me
`H7411-06`	rimuni	they have hurled me down
`H7411-07`	romey	hurlers-of
`H8649-03`	taremit	deceit (feminine singular; "deceit-of" in construct)
`H8649-04`	taremitam	their treachery
`H7412-05`	titeremon	you men will be cast down
`H4820-06`	umiremah	and treachery
`H4820-07`	umiremot	and treacheries
`H7412-06`	uremiv	and they cast down
`H7412-07`	uremo	and they hurled
`H4820-08`	uvemiremah	and in treachery
`H7432-01`	veremet	and Height (Remeth)
`H7411-08`	veromeh	and a hurler
`H8649-05`	vetaremit	and deceit-of
`H8649-06`	vtrmvt	and deceit-of
`H7412-08`	yitereme	he shall be cast down

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Jeremiah 48:10	רְמִיָּ֑ה	remiyah	deceitfully
Hosea 7:16	רְמִיָּ֔ה	remiyah	deceitful
Micah 6:12	רְמִיָּ֥ה	remiyah	is deceitful
Psalms 32:2	רְמִיָּה	remiyah	deceit
Psalms 52:4	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	deceit
Psalms 78:57	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	deceitful
Psalms 101:7	רְמִ֫יָּ֥ה	remiyah	deceit
Psalms 120:2	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	of deceit
Psalms 120:3	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	deceitful
Proverbs 10:4	רְמִיָּ֑ה	remiyah	slack
Proverbs 12:24	ו֝/רְמִיָּ֗ה	vremiyah	slothful
Proverbs 12:27	רְמִיָּ֣ה	remiyah	slothful
Proverbs 19:15	רְמִיָּ֣ה	remiyah	idle
Job 13:7	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	deceit
Job 27:4	רְמִיָּֽה	remiyah	deceit