Hebrew [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Modern Israeli) IPA: /aˈʁum/
Adjective [edit]
עָרוּם (arúm) m sg indef. (f sg indef. ערומה, m pl indef. ערומים, f pl indef. ערומות)
- Naked, nude, unclothed.
- circa 1000–400 BCE, Genesis 2:25,
- 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.[1]
- (pejorative) Cunning, crafty, prudent, subtle.
- circa 1000–400 BCE, Genesis 3:1,
- 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 […] [1]
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Authorized King James translation (1611).
