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# עָרֹם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6191

**be shrewd** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he is crafty (1); he is prudent (1); he will become prudent (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6191.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6191/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).