*rmy: 'to be slack, loose' 1, 'to deceive, betray' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rmy
Meaning'to be slack, loose' 1, 'to deceive, betray' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewרמה pi. 2 (HALOT 1239–1240); רְמִיָּה 1, 2 (HALOT 1243–1244)HALOT 1239–1240; HALOT 1243–1244gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicרְמָא pa.; רַמָּיָא 2 (HALOT 1239–1240)HALOT 1239–1240gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicrammī pa., etpa.; rammāyā 2 (HALOT 1239–1240)HALOT 1239–1240gloss withheld
Mandaic AramaicRMA 2 (HALOT 1239–1240)HALOT 1239–1240gloss withheld
Akkadianramû A 1 (CAD R 128)CAD R 128gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 1239–1240 keeps II רמה apart from I רמה 'to throw' and also relates it to Arabic ramā VI 'to be sluggish, slow (of a thing)'; Mandaic RMA means both 'to throw, cast' and 'to be false, betray'.

Updated 4 November 2026

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