The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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חַכִּים‏ adj. wise

wise Com. TN Deut19:12 : חכימי קרייתה/^קור׳^/קרתה‏ . PJ Gen3:1 : וחויא הוה חכים לביש מכל חיות ברא‏ the serpent was wiser than all the wild animals as regards evil-doing. scholar, sage BA^Dan, Gal, JBA, LJLA. Dan2:12 : לְהוֹבָדָה לְכֹל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶל‏ to destroy all the sages of Babylon. PJ Lev19:32 : ותיקר אפי חכימא‏ .

skillful PTA. TN Ex35:10 : חכים ליבא‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 200b; DJBA: 459b; Jastrow: 461; Levy Ch-W: 1:256; Tal Sam: 269; DNWSI: 371; DJA: 49a; Cook,Qumran: 83;

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Derivatives:

ḥkymw, ḥkymwtˀ (ḥakkīmū, ḥakkīmūṯā) n.f. wisdom, skill