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Strong's #6191 - עָרַם
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- to be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent
- (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle
- (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd
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2908) mrg (גהרמ GhRM) AC: Subtle CO: ? AB: ?
V) mrg (גהרמ GhRM) - Subtle: To be subtle in craftiness or prudence. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) subtilty, crafty, prudent, beware - Strongs: H6191 (עָרַם)
Nf1) emrg (גהרמה GhRMH) - Subtlety: In craftiness or prudence. KJV (5): guile - Strongs: H6195 (עָרְמָה)
dm) mfrg (גהרומ GhRWM) - Subtle: In craftiness or prudence. KJV (11): prudent, crafty, subtil - Strongs: H6175 (עָרוּם)
gm) mrfg (גהורמ GhWRM) - Subtlety: In craftiness or prudence. KJV (1): craftiness - Strongs: H6193 (עֹרֶם)
jm) nfmrg (גהרמונ GhRMWN) - Ermon: An unknown tree. KJV (2): chestnut - Strongs: H6196 (עֶרְמוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Infinitive absolute in עָרֹם יַעְרִם 1 Samuel 23:22 he is exceedingly crafty.
Hiph`il Imperfect be crafty, 3 masculine singular יַעְרִם 1 Samuel 23:22; be or become shrewd יַעְרִם Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 19:25; all these
Qal Imperfect in ִ֯ according to Ba ZMG xliii (1889), 180 so Ges§ 63 n Buhl Lex, but perhaps read יֶעְרַם as
Qal; True.
Hiph`il in 3 masculine plural יַעֲרִימוּ סוֺד Psalm 83:4 they make crafty (their) counsel against thy people.
עָרַם
(1) i.q. عرَمَ to make naked, [“to be naked”], to uncover, whence עָרֹם, עָרוֹם which see. Intrans. عَرِمَ to be impudent, spiteful (manifesting one’s malevolent mind).
(2) to be crafty. (Syr. Ethpe. id. ܥܰܪܝܺܡܳܐ, עֲרִימָא crafty, spiteful.) Once found in Kal, 1 Samuel 23:22.
Hiphil
(1) to make crafty, Psalms 83:4, יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד “they make their counsel crafty,” they take crafty counsels.
(2) to act craftily, 1 Samuel 23:22, and, in a good sense, to act prudently, Proverbs 15:5, 19:25.
Derivatives עָרוּם, עֹרֶם, עָרְמָה [עָרוֹם, עֵירֹם, מַעֲרֻמִּים].
II.
עָרַם not used in Kal, cognate to the verbs, אָרַם, הָרַם, רָאַם, רוּם, רָמַם, to be high. (Syr. Pa. to hear up; Arab. عرم to be heaped up. Saad. Exodus 15:8 عَرَمَةُ a heap of grain on the threshing floor.)
Niphal, to be heaped up, Exodus 15:8.
Derivatives, עֲרֵמָה, עַרְמוֹן.