עָרַם

עָרַםII (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. 21:14) 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 Ib. מהו שתַּעֲרִיםוכ׳ dare a woman use an artifice , v. פָּרַף. Tosef.Bets.III, 2. Gen. R. s. 49 מה אתה מַעֲרִים על השבועה מבולוכ׳ 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.