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title: מִרְמָה — deceit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְמָה (4820), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: deceit. BDB 1906: n.f. deceit, treachery. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְמָה

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«מִרְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deceit** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 39 times · **Key:** 4820 · **BDB:** מִרְמָה³

### Glosses

deceit (24); of.deceit (9); deceit(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deceit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4820/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. deceit, treachery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4820/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. deceit, treachery;—abs. מ׳ Am 8:5 +; pl. abs. מִרְמוֹת ψ 10:7 +;—deceit, of balances, מֹאזְנֵי מ׳ i.e. deceptive balances Am 8:5 (‖ שֶׁקֶר), Ho 12:8; Pr 11:1 (opp. אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה), 20:23, אַבְנֵי מ׳ Mi 6:11 (v. \[מאזן\] p. 24); especially treachery, craftiness, 2 K 9:23, בְּמ׳ treacherously, Gn 27:35 (J), and (of crafty speech) 34:13 (P); שִׂפְתֵי מ׳ ψ 17:1 i.e. treacherous lips, לְשׁוֹן מ׳ 52:6, פִּי מ׳ 109:2 (‖ לְשׁוֹן שָׁ֑קֶר), דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֹת 35:20, נִשְׁבַע לְמ׳ ψ 24:4 (‖ לַשָּׁוְא); cf. Is 53:9 (‖ חָמָם); also Ho 12:1 (‖ כַּחַשׁ), Je 5:27; 9:5(×2), 7; Zp 1:9 (+ חָמָם), ψ 10:7 (+ תֹּךְ, ‖ עָמָל וָאָוֶן), 34:14; 36:4 (+ אָוֶן), 38:13; 50:19; 55:12 (+ תֹּךְ), Jb 15:35; 31:5 (‖ שָׁוְא), Pr 12:20; 14:8; 26:24 Dn 8:25; opp. מִשְׁפָּט Pr 12:5, + עֵד שְׁקָרִים v 17, + יָפִחַ כְּזָבִים 14:25 (Hi Wild Toy read מְדַמֶּה for מרמה, but II. דמה not elsewhere Pi); אִישׁ דָּמִים וּמ׳ ψ 5:7 (‖ דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב), cf. 55:24, אִישׁ מ׳ וְעַוְלָה 43:1; יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ Dn 11:23.—ii. מִרְמָה n.pr. v. p. 599.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִרְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4820/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 52:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.6/)

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אָהַ֥בְתָּ כָֽל־דִּבְרֵי־בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.love all words of.swallowing a.tongue of.deceit

*JPS 1917:* Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.

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[Proverbs 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.5/)

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מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].plans of.righteous.\[people\] \[are\].justice \[the\].guidance(s) of.wicked.\[people\] \[are\].deceit

*JPS 1917:* The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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