II. מִרְמָה noun feminine deceit, treachery; — absolute ׳מ [Amos 8:5] +; plural absolute מִרְמוֺת [Ps 10:7] +; — deceit, of balances, ׳מאןזנֵי מ i.e. deceptive balances [Amos 8:5] (|| שֶׁקֶר), [Hos 12:8]; [Prov 11:1] (opposed to קֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה), [Prov 20:23], ׳אַבְנֵי מ [Mic 6:11] (see [ מאזן] p. 24); especially treachery, craftiness, [2Kgs 9:23], ׳בְּמ treacherously, [Gen 27:35] (J), and (of crafty speech) [Gen 34:13] (P); ׳שִׂפְּתֵי מ [Ps 17:1] i.e. treacherous lips, ׳לְשׁוֺן מ [Ps 52:6], ׳פִּי מ [Ps 109:2] (|| לְשׁוֺן שָׁ֑קֶר), דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֺת [Ps 35:20], ׳נִשְׁבַע לְמ [Ps 24:4] (|| לַשָּׁוְא); compare [Isa 53:9] (|| חָמָס); also [Hos 12:1] (|| כַּחַשׁ), [Jer 5:27]; [Jer 9:5] (twice in verse); [Jer 9:7]; [Zeph 1:9] (+ חָמָס), [Ps 10:7] (+ תֹּךְ), || עָמָל וָאֶוֶּן, [Ps 34:14]; [Ps 36:4] (+ אָוֶן), [Ps 38:13]; [Ps 59:19]; [Ps 55:12] (+ תֹּךְ), [Job 15:35]; [Job 31:5] (|| שָׁוְא), [Prov 12:20]; [Prov 14:8]; [Prov 26:24]; [Dan 8:25] opposed to מִשְׁפָּט [Prov 12:5], + עֵר שְׁקָרִים v[Prov 12:17], + יָפִחַ כְּזָבִים [Prov 14:25] (Hi Wild Toy read מְדַמֶּה for מרמה but II. דמה not elsewhere Pi); ׳אִישׁ דָּמִים וּמ [Ps 5:7] (|| דֹּבְרֵי בָזָב), compare [Ps 55:24], וְעַוְלָה ׳אִישׁ מ [Ps 43:1] ׳יַעֲשֶׁה מ [Dan 11:23]. — II. מִרְמָה proper name.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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