a.rum describes prudent discernment shown in informed action, guarded speech, and foresight about danger.

The adjective consistently marks a discerning person whose conduct is informed and restrained: such a person acts with knowledge, understands a course of action, conceals knowledge when appropriate, and responds to danger rather than proceeding blindly. The same description can characterize the serpent in Genesis 3:1 and plural subjects associated with speech and plans in Job 15:5 and Job 5:12.

1. Discerning, cautious judgment · dominant

   In Proverbs 13:16 the masculine singular adjective describes the person who acts with knowledge, while Proverbs 14:15 and Proverbs 14:8 connect that person with understanding his step and way. In Proverbs 12:23 the same singular form stands in the contrast where knowledge is concealed rather than folly proclaimed; Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12 show this judgment in seeing distress or danger and taking cover.

   Proverbs 13:16Proverbs 14:15Proverbs 14:8Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 22:3Proverbs 27:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the adjective with "prudent," including "more prudent" in Genesis 3:1 and "the prudent" in the Proverbs contrasts. These renderings confirm the overall clauses rather than establish finer distinctions.