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title: עֹרֶם — craftiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹרֶם (6193), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: craftiness. BDB 1906: craftiness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹרֶם

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«עֹרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **craftiness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6193 · **BDB:** עֹ֫רֶם

### Glosses

they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

craftiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6193/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

craftiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6193/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] craftiness;—sf. בְּעָרְמָם Jb 5:13 (possibly from עָרְמָה Ges§ 91 e al.).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹרֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6193/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.13/)

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לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].catches wise.\[people\] when they are.crafty and.\[the\] counsel of.tortuous.\[ones\] it.is.hasty

*JPS 1917:* He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

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