תׇּרְמָה
tormâh · tor-maw'
fraud
Lexicon
Derivation: and תַּרְמוּת; or תַּרְמִית; from H7411 (רָמָה);
fraud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deceit(-ful), privily.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תׇּרְמָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- privily1 · 17%
- for their deceit1 · 17%
- fast deceit1 · 17%
- and the deceit1 · 17%
- of the deceit1 · 17%
- neither shall a deceitful1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.