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title: עָרֹם — be shrewd · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרֹם (6191), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be shrewd. BDB 1906: vb. be shrewd, crafty Qal Qal Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרֹם

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«עָרֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be shrewd** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 6191 · **BDB:** עָרֹם

### Glosses

he.is.crafty (1); he.is.prudent (1); he.will.become.prudent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be shrewd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6191/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be shrewd, crafty Qal Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6191/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be shrewd, crafty (NH id., Hiph.; Arabic عَرَمَ, عَرِمَ, عَرُمَ, be ill-natured, cross; 𝔗 adj. עָרִים shrewd, Syriac ܥܪܝܡ id., and vb. in der. spec. (Pe. in Lexx.));— Inf. abs. in עָרֹם יַעְרִם 1 S 23:22 he is exceedingly crafty. Impf. be crafty, 3 ms. יַעְרִם 1 S 23:22; be or become shrewd יַעְרִם Pr 15:5; 19:25; all these Qal Impf.in—ִ according to BaZMG xlili (1889), 180 so Ges§ 63 n BuhlLex, but perhaps read יֶעְרַם as Qal; true Hiph. in 3 mpl. יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד ψ 834 they make crafty (their) counsel against thy people.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6191/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.5/)

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אֱוִ֗יל יִ֭נְאַץ מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יו וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹכַ֣חַת יַעְרִֽם׃

*Word for word:* a.fool he.spurns the.discipline his.father his and \[one.who\].keeps correction he.is.prudent

*JPS 1917:* A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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[Psalms 83:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.4/)

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עַֽל־עַ֭מְּךָ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* on people your they.make.crafty counsel and they.consult.together on your.treasured \[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

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