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# חַכִּים

Biblical Aramaic

**wise man** — used 14 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wise man [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5db_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dd/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חַכִּים: n.m. wise man [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5db_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dd/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wise man (v. BH חכם);—pl. abs. חַכִּימִין Dn 2:21; elsewhere of the class possessed of occult learning in Bab. v 27, emph. -מַיָּא v 13; 5:15; cstr. -מֵי 2:12, 14 + 7 times Dn.

### Jastrow 1903

חַכִּים II: wise; sage, scholar Ḥakham Ḥakham Ḥ Ḥăkhamimmim Fem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5db_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dd/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , wise; sage, scholar. Targ. I Kings III, 12. Targ. Y. Lev. XIX, 32; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 76ᵇ מאן ח׳ למיעבד וכ׳ who but R. … is wise enough to do that?; Pes. 76ᵃ.—Tam. 32ᵃ אידן מתקרי ח׳ who is to be called a wise man?; a. fr.—Esp. Ḥakham, a scholar’s title, inferior to Rabbi. B. Mets. 86ᵃ top ח׳ יתקרי וכ׳ shall be called a Ḥakham, but not a Rabbi. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵃ דמנייתך ח׳ that I have appointed thee a Ḥ. (intimating that he would never be a Rabbi); a. e.—Pl. חַכִּימִין, חַכִּימַיָּא, הַכִּימֵי. Targ. Deut. I, 13. Targ. Job XL, 30 (h. text חַבָּרִים, cmp. חָבֵר); a. fr.—Nidd. 20ᵇ כמה ח׳ יהודאי how wise the Jews are. Sot. IX, 15 (49ᵃ) שרו ח׳ וכ׳ the Ḥăkhamimmim began to be (in scholarship) like common school teachers. Succ. 38ᵇ; a. fr.—Fem. חַכִּימָא, חַכִּימְתָּא. Targ. II Sam. XX, 16; a. e.—Pl. חַכִּימָתָא. Targ. Jer. IX, 16. Targ. Jud. V, 29 חַכִּימַת (constr. pl.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the wise men (6); wise men (5); the wise (2).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.13/#tree)

וְדָתָ֣א נֶפְקַ֔ת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין וּבְע֛וֹ דָּנִיֵּ֥אל וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the decree it.went.out and the.wise men \[were\].about.to.be.killed and they.sought Daniel and companions his to be.killed

*JPS 1917:* So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

[Daniel 2:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.12/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* as to because this the king he.was.angry and he.was.furious exceedingly and he.said to destroy (et) all the.wise.men of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5db_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dd.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5db_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dd/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).