Proverbs 22:3:1Prov.22.3.W1TAB
עָר֤וּם
arum
“a prudent person”
- Transliteration
- a-RUM
- Extended
- aa-RUUM
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈruːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a prudent person
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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RUM
- clause
a-RUM ra-A ra-A va-yis-sa-TER ve-ni-se-TAR
- sentence
a-RUM ra-A ra-A va-yis-sa-TER ve-ni-se-TAR u-fe-ta-YIM a-ve-RU ve-ne-e-NA-shu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adjective arum {עָר֤וּם | ʿārûm} ‘prudent’, setting up an antithetic parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-mʿayin–resh–mem
“shrewd, prudent”
In context — Proverbs 22:3
A prudent person saw the evil and hid himself, but the simple passed by and were punished .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 22:3, so the Hebrew word עָר֤וּם (arum) 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 Prov.22.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.3.W1.S1) and character.