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

Adjective

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

  1. wise, smart

Derived terms

Noun

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

  1. wise man, sage
  2. rabbi

Declension

Declension of חָכָם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite חָכָם first חֲכָמִי חֲכָמֵנוּ
definite הֶחָכָם second חֲכָמְךָ חֲכָמֵךְ חֲכַמְכֶם חֲכַמְכֶן
construct חֲכַם־ third חֲכָמוֹ חֲכָמָהּ חֲכָמָם חֲכָמָן
plural indefinite חֲכָמִים first חכמיי / חֲכָמַי חֲכָמֵינוּ
definite הַחֲכָמִים second חֲכָמֶיךָ חכמייך / חֲכָמַיִךְ חַכְמֵיכֶם חַכְמֵיכֶן
construct חַכְמֵי־ third חֲכָמָיו חֲכָמֶיהָ חַכְמֵיהֶם חַכְמֵיהֶן

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: حَاخَام (ḥāḵām)
  • → Judeo-Tat: ħoxom, xoxom
  • → Ladino: haham
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خاخام, խախամ (haham) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: haham
    • → Armenian: խախամ (xaxam)
    • → Romanian: haham
    • → Albanian: haham
  • → Persian: خاخام (xâxâm)
  • → Yiddish: חכם (khokhem)

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 positive חֲכַם חִכְמִי חִכְמוּ חֲכַמְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

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

References

Further reading

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

Descendants

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