Word Study · Strong's H7411 · Hebrew

רָמָה

ramah

raw-maw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: râmâh

“to hurl”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

Rendered in the KJV as

beguile, betray, (bow-) man, carry, deceive, throw.

12
occurrencesin the Old Testament
10 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
11
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 12 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 11

רָמָ֥ה2
וְרֹ֣מֵה1
לְרַמּוֹתַ֣נִי1
רוֹמֵי־1
רִמָּ֣ה1
רִמּ֔וּנִי1
רִמִּיתֶ֨ם1
רִמִּיתִ֔נִי1
רִמִּיתָ֖נִי1
רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃1
רִמָּ֑נִי1

How it is rendered · 9

have you deceived me3
he has thrown2
[who] he deceives1
and a shooter of1
did you deceive1
he betrayed me1
shooters of1
they deceived me1
to betray me1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 10

verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVpp2ms/Sp1bs · 2
HVqp3ms · 2
HC/Vqrmsc · 1
HR/Vpcc/Sp1bs · 1
HVpp2fs/Sp1bs · 1
HVpp2mp · 1
HVpp3cp/Sp1bs · 1
HVpp3ms · 1
HVpp3ms/Sp1bs · 1
HVqrmpc · 1

All 12, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus2 of 12 · 17%
1 Samuel2 of 12 · 17%
Genesis1 of 12 · 8%
Joshua1 of 12 · 8%
2 Samuel1 of 12 · 8%

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 29:25רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃rimitaniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”here: have you deceived me

Exodus2 occurrences

Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 9:22רִמִּיתֶ֨םrimitemverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?here: did you deceive

1 Samuel2 occurrences

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 19:26רִמָּ֑נִיrimaniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,here: he betrayed me

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 12:17לְרַמּוֹתַ֣נִיleramotanipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”here: to betray me

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 78:9רוֹמֵי־romei-verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.here: shooters of

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 26:19רִמָּ֣הrimahverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularso is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”here: [who] he deceives

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 4:29וְרֹ֣מֵהveromehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.here: and a shooter of

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 1:19רִמּ֔וּנִיrimuniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.here: they deceived me

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled רָמָה

H7413 · 5×

רָמָה

ramah

“a height (as a seat of idolatry)”

H7414 · 36×

רָמָה

Ramah

“Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine”

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