עָרוּם

arum

ah-ROOM

naked; and, crafty

Where it comes from

Genesis 2 ends with the couple arummim, naked, and Genesis 3 opens with the serpent arum, crafty. Almost the same word, one verse apart. The pun is doing real work.

Genesis 2:25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

This is day 53 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.