Lexical Definition

‎עָרַם‎ ʻâram (aw-ram') be shrewd ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.

• properly, to be (or make) bare
• but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)

1) to be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent
1a) (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle
1b) (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd

See Greek: ἀλλόφυλος · διΐστημι · πανοῦργος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָרֹם‎ Lag^{BN 31}] verb be shrewd, crafty (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; Arabic , , be ill-natured, cross; ᵑ7 adjective ‎עָרִים‎ shrewd, Syriac id., and verb in derived species (Pe`al in Lexicons)); —

Qal Infinitive absolute in ‎עָרֹם יַעְרִם‎ 1Sam 23:22 he is exceedingly crafty. Hiph`il Imperfect be crafty, 3 masculine singular ‎יַעְרִם‎ 1Sam 23:22 be or become shrewd ‎יַעְרִם‎ Prov 15:5; Prov 19:25 all these Qal Imperfect in ‎ִ֯‎ according to Ba<sup>ZMG xliii (1889), 180</sup> so Ges<sup>«GKC:63n»§ 63n</sup> Buhl<sup>Lex</sup>, but perhaps read ‎יֶעְרַם‎ as Qal; true Hiph`il in 3 masculine plural ‎יַעֲרִימוּ סוֺד‎ Ps 83:4* they make crafty (their) counsel against thy people.

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