חוכמה

Hebrew

Root
ח־כ־ם (kh-k-m)

From the root ח־כ־ם; related to Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma).

חוכמה / חָכְמָה • (khokhmá) f (plural indefinite חוכמות / חָכְמוֹת, singular construct חוכמת / חַכְמַת־, plural construct חוכמות / חַכְמוֹת־)

According to the Academy of the Hebrew language words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word.^[1] In informal Hebrew this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.