1. עָרוּם
crafty, shrewd, sensible
The corpus record — Hebrew
עָר֔וּם
aruwm · adj
crafty, shrewd, sensible
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 11 · 0.36/10k
Senses
2. עָרוּם
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
3. עָרום
Eth
4. ערוּם
Qoh 5,4, in שאול Ib 266, in prophetic ecstacy 1S 1954
Attestations
- עָר֔וּם Genesis 3:1 (BHS)
- עָרֽוּם Proverbs 12:16 (BHS)
- עָ֭רוּם Proverbs 12:23 (BHS)
- עָ֭רוּם Proverbs 13:16 (BHS)
- עָ֭רוּם Proverbs 14:8 (BHS)
- וְ֝/עָר֗וּם Proverbs 14:15 (BHS)
6 of 11 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
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