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title: רְמִיָּה — laxness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְמִיָּה (7423), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: laxness. BDB 1906: n.f. laxness, slackness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְמִיָּה

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«רְמִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **laxness** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7423 · **BDB:** רְמִיָּה²

### Glosses

of.deceit (2); of.slackness (2); slackness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

laxness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7423/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. laxness, slackness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7423/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְמִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7423/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.15/)

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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.

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[Proverbs 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.4/)

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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.

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