Arum (ערום) means sly in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sly
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Arum.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שיש בו עורמה, שביכולתו לתכנן תחבולות ומזימות.
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יהוה אֱלֹהִים; וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּי-אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Arum is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- עָרוּם
- Written without vowel points
- ערום
- Said
- arum
- Root
- ע־ר־מ
- Pattern
- קָטוּל
- Plural
- עֲרוּמִים
- Feminine form
- עֲרוּמָה
- Inflections
- נ' עֲרוּמָה, ר' עֲרוּמִים, נ"ר עֲרוּמוֹת
- Gematria
- 316
This is how Arum is said in other languages.
- English
- sly
These words mean nearly the same as Arum.
- ערמומי
- פקח
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Arum.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Arum.
The word Arum comes from the root ע־ר־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Arum in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Arum.
What does Arum (ערום) mean in Hebrew?
Arum (ערום) means sly. It is said arum, with the stress on rum.
What is a synonym for Arum (ערום)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Arum (ערום) are ערמומי and פקח.
What is the opposite of Arum (ערום)?
Words that mean the opposite of Arum (ערום) are פתי, טיפש, אויל, תמים, תם, and מכורבל.
What rhymes with Arum (ערום)?
Words that rhyme with Arum (ערום) include תחום, חום, תשלום, תחום, שום, and זיהום.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ערום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.