חכם

Aramaic

Verb

חכם • (transliteration needed)

1. to be wise

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־כ־ם (kh-k-m)
4 terms

Compare Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm), Aramaic חַכִּים (ḥakkīm).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈχam/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /xɔ.xɔm/, /xu.xum/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈxam/
• (Tiberian Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈxɔm/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɑːˈkɑːm/, [ħɑːˈxɑːm]

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• Rhymes: -am

Adjective

חָכָם • (khakhám) (feminine חֲכָמָה, masculine plural חֲכָמִים, feminine plural חֲכָמוֹת) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. wise, smart

Derived terms

• גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב (gám evíl makhrísh khakhám yekhashév)
• חָכְמוֹלוֹג (khakhmológ)

Noun

חָכָם • (khakhám) m (plural indefinite חֲכָמִים, singular construct חֲכַם־, plural construct חַכְמֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. wise man, sage
2. rabbi

Derived terms

• אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים (éven ha-khakhamím)
• תַּלְמִיד חָכָם (talmíd khakhám)
• חז״ל (khaza"l)

Descendants

• → Arabic: حَاخَام (ḥāḵām)
• → Ladino: haham
• → Ottoman Turkish: خاخام
  • Turkish: haham
  • → Armenian: խախամ (xaxam)
  • → Romanian: haham
• → Persian: خاخام (xâxâm)
• → Yiddish: חכם (khokhem)
  • → Dutch: goochem
  • ⇒ German: Pustekuchen

Verb

חָכַם • (khakhám) (pa'al construction)

1. to be wise, become wise, learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָכַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לחכום / לַחְכֹּם
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	חָכַמְתִּי		חָכַמְנוּ
	second	חָכַמְתָּ	חָכַמְתְּ	חֲכַמְתֶּם1	חֲכַמְתֶּן1
	third	חָכַם	חָכְמָה	חָכְמוּ
present		חָכָם	חֲכָמָה	חֲכָמִים	חֲכָמוֹת
future	first	אֶחְכַּם		נֶחְכַּם
	second	תֶּחְכַּם	תֶּחְכְּמִי	תֶּחְכְּמוּ	תֶּחְכַּמְנָה2
	third	יֶחְכַּם	תֶּחְכַּם	יֶחְכְּמוּ	תֶּחְכַּמְנָה2
imperative		חֲכַם	חִכְמִי	חִכְמוּ	חֲכַמְנָה2

¹ Pronounced חָכַמְתֶּם and חָכַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew חכם.

Noun

חכם m (Latin spelling haham, plural חכמים)

1. (Judaism) rabbi, sage

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חכם (khakhám).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɔχəm/

Noun

חכם • (khokhem) m, plural חכמים (khakhomem)

1. wise man
2. (sarcastic) wise guy

Related terms

• חכמה (khokhme)
• תּלמיד־חכם (talmed-khokhem)
• חז״ל (khazal)

Descendants

• → Dutch: goochem
• ⇒ German: Pustekuchen