עָרַם
ʻâram · aw-ram'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- me that he dealeth very1 · 20%
- subtilly1 · 20%
- they have taken crafty1 · 20%
- is prudent1 · 20%
- will beware1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.