ערום

See also: ع ر م

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ם (ʿ-r-m)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic عُرْيَان (ʕuryān, “naked”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈʁum/

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Adjective

ערום / עָרֹם • ('aróm) (feminine ערומה / עֲרֻמָּה, masculine plural ערומים / עֲרֻמִּים, feminine plural ערומות / עֲרֻמּוֹת)

1. Naked, nude, unclothed.
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:25, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָׁשׁוּ׃

     vayihyú sh'neihém arumím ha'adám v'ishtó v'ló yitbosháshu.

     And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

   • רותם כהן, כמעט שהתרגלתי

     דווקא שהתחלתי להבין שנחמד לי לצאת ערום מהמקלחת.

     davka shehitkhalti l'havin shenekhmad li latset arum mehamiklakhat

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• H6174 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Adjective

עָרוּם • (arúm) (feminine עֲרוּמָה, masculine plural עֲרוּמִים, feminine plural עֲרוּמוֹת)

1. (derogatory) (archaic) Cunning, crafty, prudent, subtle.
   • Tanach, Genesis 3:1, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה […]

     v'hanakhásh hayá arúm mikol khayát hasadé […]

     Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field […]

References

• H6175 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

References

• “An Early Christian Arabic Account Of The Creation Of The World”, in The Qurʾān in Context‎^[1], BRILL, 2009 January 1, →DOI