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Word Summary
chakam: to be wise
Original Word: חָכַם
Transliteration: chakam
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-kam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be wise
Meaning: to be wise
Strong's Concordance
exceeding, teach wisdom, be make self, show self wise, deal never so wisely, make wiser

A primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act) -- X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2449. chakam

חָכַם‎ verb be wise (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חֲכַם‎ id.; Zinjirli חכמה‎ wisdom, DHMSendsch.57; Assyrian —akâmu, know (with exceptional חֿ‎ see DlPr 178 f.); Arabic restrain from acting in an evil manner, judge, govern; IV.make firm, sound, free from defect by the exercise of skill) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח‎ Proverbs 23:15; 3feminine singular חָֽכְמָה‎ Zechariah 9:2; הָכַמְתָּ‎ Proverbs 9:12 (twice in verse), etc. + 3t. Perfect; Imperfect יֶחְכַּם‎ 9:9; 21:11; וַיֶּחְכַּם‎ 1 Kings 5:11; יֶחְכָּ֑ם‎ Proverbs 20:1+; וֶ֯חְכָּ֑ם‎ 13:20; תֶּחְכַּם‎ 19:20; אֶחְכָּ֑מָה‎ Ecclesiastes 7:23; plural יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ‎ Job 32:9; Imperative חֲכַם‎ Proverbs 27:11; חֲכָ֑ם‎ 6:6; 23:19 + 13:20 Kt; חֲכָ֑מוּ‎ 8:33; — be or become wise, act wisely Deuteronomy 32:29 (poetry) 1 Kings 5:11; Job 32:9; Proverbs 6:6; 8:33; 9:9, 12 (twice in verse); 13:20; 19:20; 20:1; 21:11; 23:19; 27:11; Ecclesiastes 2:15; 7:23; Zechariah 9:2; לבך חכם אם‎ if thy mind be wise Proverbs 23:15; with accusative שׁחכמתי‎ Ecclesiastes 2:19 wherein I have acted wisely.

Pi`el Imperfect יְחַכֵּם‎ Psalm 105:22; suffix יְחַכְּמֵנוּ‎ Job 35:11; תְּחַכְּמֵנִי‎ Psalm 119:98; all make wise, teach wisdom, with acc

Pu`al Participle made wise, intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom מְחֻכָּם חֲבָרִים חוֺבֵר‎ Psalm 58:6, plural מְחֻכָּמִים חֲכָמִים הֵמָּה‎ Proverbs 30:24 (of intelligent animals).

Hiph`il Participle construct מֶּ֑תִי מַחְכִּימַת‎ Psalm 19:8 making wise the simple.

Hithpa`el Imperfect לוֺ נִתְחַכְּמָה‎ Exodus 1:10 (E) let us deal wisely (shrewdly) toward it (the people); 2 masculine singular תִּתְחַכַּם‎ Ecclesiastes 7:16 make or shew thyself wise.





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