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H7411 רָמָה (râmâh) raw-maw'

Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: a primitive root;

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

TWOT Reference: 2168,2169

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to cast, shoot, hurl
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to throw
1a2) bow-shooters, bowmen (participle)
1b) (Piel) to throw down
2) to beguile, deceive, mislead, deal treacherously
2a) (Piel)
2a1) to beguile, deceive, mislead, trick
2a2) to deal treacherously with, betray

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָמָה (ra.mah) — to shoot. 1) to cast, shoot, hurl 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw 1a2) bow-shooters, bowmen (participle) 1b) (Piel) to throw down Aramaic equivalent: re.mah (רְמָא "to cast" H7412)

רָמָה (ra.mah) — to deceive. 1) to beguile, deceive, mislead, deal treacherously 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to beguile, deceive, mislead, trick 1a2) to deal treacherously with, betray

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · רָמוּת

Move | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pe'il, verb hitpe'el

to throw, to hurl, to cast, to set in place = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans or objects to move in a particular direction, usually with force

EXO 15:1 · EXO 15:21 · DAN 3:6 · DAN 3:11 · DAN 3:15 · DAN 3:20 · DAN 3:21 · DAN 3:24 · DAN 6:8 · DAN 6:13 · DAN 6:17 · DAN 6:25 · DAN 7:9

Bear | verb pe'al

to impose literally: to throw (on someone); hence: = causative action by which humans in authority lay an obligation on other humans

EZR 7:24

Soldiers | verb qal ptc.act | ≈ פָּרָשׁ

Collocation: רֹומֵי קֶשֶׁת

archers literally: hurlers of bow; = a soldiers who are specialized in fighting with bow and arrows

PSA 78:9 · JER 4:29

verb · מִרְמָה · רְמִיָּה · תַּרְמִית

False | verb pi

to deceive, to betray = action by which humans say or do things that are false in order to deceive or mislead others

GEN 29:25 · JOS 9:22 · 1SA 19:17 · 1SA 28:12 · 2SA 19:27 · 1CH 12:18 · PRO 26:19 · LAM 1:19

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָמָה vb. cast, shoot base

[רָמָה] vb. Pi. beguile, deal treacherously with base

Bible Occurrences (12)

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