עֹרֶם ʻôrem — a stratagem
Translated in the KJV as craftiness.
from H6191; a stratagem.
ʻôrem in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
בְּעָרְמָ֑ם Job 5:13 Infinitive construct
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›