עָרַם II (b. h.; cmp. עָרָה I) to peel off, strip; to make white, bright; v. עָרוּם, עָרוֹם.
Hif. - הֶעֱרִים 1) to enlighten, inform. Y. Snh. V, beg. 22ᶜ, sq. (ref. to בערמה, Ex. XXI, 14) שיַעֲרִימוּהוּ באיזו מיתה מת they (the forewarning witnesses) must keep him informed as to what kind of death penalty is expecting him; (Bab. ib. 80ᵇ שיודיעוהו). —2) to plan, act deliberately. Mekh. Mishp. s. 4 (ref. to בערמה, v. supra) להוציא … שאינן מַעֲרִימִין this is to exclude the deaf and dumb, the insane and the minor (who do not act with premeditation; להוציא מרפא … אינן מערימין to exclude the surgeon …, for although they acted with wilfulness (criminal negligence), they did not plan; Yalk. Ex. 325. —3) to act with subtlety, to get around a law by an artifice. Sabb. 65ᵇ מערימין בדליקה in case of a conflagration on the Sabbath (when the rabbinical law allows the rescue of a certain number of clothes by putting them on) we may use an artifice (by laying off the clothes saved and going in again to save others); (oth. opin.) אין מערימין בדליקה you dare not &c. Ib. מהו שתַּעֲרִים וכ׳ dare a woman use an artifice &c., v. פָּרַף. Tosef. Bets. III, 2. Gen. R. s. 49 מה אתה מַעֲרִים על השבועה מבול וכ׳ why wilt thou cunningly evade thy own oath? destruction by water thou wilt not bring, but destruction by fire thou wilt? Yalk. ib. 83; a. fr.