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title: עׇרְמָה — craftiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇרְמָה (6195), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: craftiness. BDB 1906: n.f. craftiness, prudence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇרְמָה

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«עׇרְמָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 6195 · **BDB:** עָרְמָה

### Glosses

prudence (3); cunning (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

craftiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6195/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. craftiness, prudence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6195/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. craftiness, prudence;— בְע׳ craftily Ex 21:14 (E), Jos 9:4 (JE). ע׳ in Pr, in good sense, prudence Pr 1:4; 8:5, 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇרְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6195/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.5/)

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הָבִ֣ינוּ פְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים הָבִ֥ינוּ לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* understand O.naive.people prudence and O.fools understand heart

*JPS 1917:* O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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[Proverbs 8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.12/)

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אֲ‍ֽנִי־חָ֭כְמָה שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עָרְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* I wisdom I.dwell prudence and knowledge of.discretion I.find

*JPS 1917:* I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.

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