ערום

See also: ع ر م‎

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ם‎ (ʿ-r-m)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Naked, nude, unclothed.
- 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 usage example)

References

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

Adjective

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

(derogatory) (archaic) Cunning, crafty, prudent, subtle.
- c. 1000–400 B.C.E., 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, BRILL, 2009-01-01, DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004176881.i-864.81