H6191

עָרֹם

a.ramH:V

be shrewd

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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^{ZMG xliii (1889), 180} so Ges^{«GKC:63n»§ 63n} Buhl^Lex, 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.

3 occurrences

I Samuel (1), Job (1), Proverbs (1)