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עָרוּם

«עָרוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: crafty — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: 6175 · BDB: עָרוּם

Glosses

a.sensible.[person] (3); of.crafty.[people] (2); [is].sensible (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

crafty tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. crafty, shrewd, sensible tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. crafty, shrewd, sensible;— crafty, ע׳ as pred., of serpent Gn 3:1; pl. as subst. מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים Jb 5:12, לְשׁוֹן ע׳ 15:5. in Pr, in good sense (opp. אֱוִיל, כְּסִיל, פֶּתִי); as attrib. אָדָם עָרוּם Pr 12:23 a shrewd or sensible man; ע׳ as subst. = id., v 16; 13:16, so חָכְמַת ע׳ 14:8; = prudent man 14:15; 22:3; 27:12; pl. עֲרוּמִים 14:18.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עָרוּם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 14:18

נָחֲל֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם אִוֶּ֑לֶת וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים יַכְתִּ֥רוּ דָֽעַת׃

Word for word: they.inherit naive.people foolishness and sensible.[people] they.surround knowledge

JPS 1917: The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 27:12

עָר֤וּם רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה נִסְתָּ֑ר פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם עָבְר֥וּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃

Word for word: a.sensible.[person] he.sees evil he.hides.himself naive.people they.pass.on they.are.punished

JPS 1917: A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.

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