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# חׇכְמָה

Biblical Aramaic

**wisdom** — used 8 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

wisdom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5c7_5db_5b0_5de_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָכְמָה: n.f. wisdom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5c7_5db_5b0_5de_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wisdom;—ח׳ abs. Dn 2:30 +, emph. חָכְמְתָא Dn 2:20 +, cstr. חָכְמֶת 5:11; Ezr 7:25;—wisdom, attrib. of God Dn 2:20; of gods 5:11; of man 2:30; of God imparted to man Ezr 7:25 (practical wisdom), Dn 2:21; = occult knowledge (v. foregoing) imparted to men v 23; 5:11, 14.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wisdom (4); (the) (3); to the wisdom (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 5:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.14/#tree)

וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה יַתִּירָ֖ה הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that a.spirit of.gods \[is\].in you and illumination and insight and wisdom extraordinary it.was.found in you

*JPS 1917:* I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.

[Daniel 2:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.21/#tree)

וְ֠הוּא מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א עִדָּנַיָּא֙ וְזִמְנַיָּ֔א מְהַעְדֵּ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין וּמְהָקֵ֣ים מַלְכִ֑ין יָהֵ֤ב חָכְמְתָא֙ לְחַכִּימִ֔ין וּמַנְדְּעָ֖א לְיָדְעֵ֥י בִינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he \[is\].changing the times and the.appointed times \[he.is\].removing kings and \[he.is\].setting.up kings \[he.is\].giving (the) wisdom to wise.men and (the) understanding to ones.knowing (of).discernment

*JPS 1917:* And He changeth the times and the seasons; He removeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5c7_5db_5b0_5de_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5c7_5db_5b0_5de_5b8_5d4/): 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).