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title: תׇּרְמִית — deceitfulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תׇּרְמִית (8649), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: deceitfulness. BDB 1906: n.f. deceitfulness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תׇּרְמִית

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«תׇּרְמִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deceitfulness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8649 · **BDB:** תַּרְמִית

### Glosses

deceitfulness (2); of.deceitfulness (1); of.the.deceitfulness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deceitfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8649/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. deceitfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8649/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. deceitfulness;—abs. לְשׁוֹן תּ׳ Zp 3:13 (‖ עַוְלָה, כָּזָב), תַּרְמִת Je 8:5; cstr. תַּרְמִית לִבָּם 14:14 Qr (\> Kt תרבות), תַּרְמִת לִבָּם 23:26 (‖ שֶׁקֶר); sf. שֶׁקֶר תַּרְמִיתָם the falseness of their calumny ψ 119:118.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «תׇּרְמִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8649/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.118/)

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סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל־שׁוֹגִ֣ים מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.reject all \[those.who\].go.astray from decrees your (dm) \[is\].falsehood deceitfulness their

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain.

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[Jeremiah 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.5/)

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מַדּ֨וּעַ שׁוֹבְבָ֜ה הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְשֻׁבָ֣ה נִצַּ֑חַת הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* why? has.it.turned.away the people (the) this Jerusalem apostasy enduring they.have.kept.hold on (the) deceitfulness they.have.refused to return

*JPS 1917:* Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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