1 Samuel 23:22:161 Sam.23.22.W16TAB
עָר֖וֹם
arom
“crafty, shrewd”
- Transliteration
- a-ROM
- Extended
- aa-ROHM
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈroːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- crafty, shrewd
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ROM
- clause
KI a-MAR E-lai a-ROM ya-e-RIM HU
- sentence
le-KHU-NA ha-KHI-nu OD u-de-U u-re-U et-me-KO-mo a-SHER tih-ye-YE RAG-lo MI ra-A-hu SHAM KI a-MAR E-lai a-ROM ya-e-RIM HU
Exegesis
Finally, kî ʾā-mar ʾē-lay ʿā-rûm ya-ʿrîm-hû {כִּי־אָמַר אֵלַי עָרוּם יַעְרִמְהוּ | kî ʾā-mar ʾē-lay ʿā-rûm ya-ʿrîm-hû} pairs the causal conjunction kî with an adjective-verb construct in the Hiphil imperfect to stress habitual shrewdness.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-mayin–resh–mem
“shrewd, crafty”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:22
Go now and make further preparation; learn and observe the place where his foot will be—who has seen him there—for I am told that he is crafty .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 23:22, so the Hebrew word עָר֖וֹם (arom) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.23.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.22.W16.S1) and character.