Lexical Definition

‎רָמָה‎ râmâh (raw-maw') to shoot ^H:V
a primitive root

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

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

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

See Greek: βάλλω · ἐνεδρεύω · παραδίδωμι · παραλογίζομαι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: re.mah (‎ר‎ְ‎מ‎ָ‎א‎ "to cast" רְמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: רְמָה
I. ‎רָמָה‎ verb cast, shoot (Assyrian ramû throw, lay; Arabic throw, shoot; Ethiopic strike, aim a blow at; Aramaic ‎רְמָא‎, cast, throw); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ר‎, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 15:1; Exod 15:21 (song), with accusative + ‎בַּיָּם‎; Participle ‎רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת‎ Jer 4:29 collective (or read ‎רֹמֵי‎ bow-shooter, bowmen, plural construct ‎׳‎‎נוֺשְׁקֵי רוֺמֵיקֿ‎ Ps 78:9 (see II. ‎נשׁק‎); compare ‎רֹבֵה‎ Gen 21:20 (see II. ‎רבה‎, ‎קַשָּׁת‎

II. [‎רָמָה‎] verb Pi`el beguile, deal treacherously with (Late Hebrew in derivatives; ᵑ7 ‎רְמָא‎ Pa`el; Buhl^Lex compare Arabic VI. be sluggish, backward (of wound), become putrid, corrupt); — Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎רִמָּה‎ Prov 26:19, suffix ‎רִמָּנִי‎ 2Sam 19:27* 2 masculine singular suffix ‎רִמִּיתָנִי‎ Gen 29:25; 1Sam 28:12 2 feminine singular suffix ‎דִמִּיתִנִי‎ 1Sam 19:17, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix ‎לְרַמּוֺתַנִי‎ 1Chr 12:18* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:17*); — be-guile, deceive, mislead, acc. person, Gen 29:25 (E), Josh 9:22 (JE), 1Sam 28:12; 2Sam 19:27*; Prov 26:19 deal treacherously with, betray, accusative of person, 1Sam 19:17; Lam 1:19, + ‎לְצָרַי‎ 1Chr 12:17*.

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