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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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xkm verb G
ḥkm vb. i(a,u)/a(u) to be wise

G

1 to know JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) how to do something: i.e. to be able JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.

--(b) how something functions: to understand Syr, LJLA.

--(c) to become aware of, pay attention JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA.
2 to be made wise, acquire wisdom JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man.
3 to know someone, recognize Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to know sexually Gal, PTA, Syr.

(a.1) ܚܟܝܡ ܠ : to have known a man sexually Syr.

--(b) to recognize something Gal, Syr.

D

1 to make wise OfA-Egypt, Qum, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to teach OfA-Egypt, Syr.
2 to make something skillfully JLAtg.
3 to outwit JLAtg, Sam.
4 to recognize something PTA.

C

1 to make wise JBA, JBAg, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to teach JLAtg, CPA, Sam.
2 to behave more wisely JBA, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to make to behave more wisely JLAtg.

Gt

1 to have had sexual intercourse Syr.
2 to be recognized, known Gal, PTA, Sam.
3 to be be made wise (met.caus.) Syr.

Dt

1 to be made wise, learn Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) (person) to be taught Syr.
2 to use cunning, behave in wise manner Syr.
3 transitive . ▶ more

--(a) to outsmart JLAtg, Syr.

--(b) to devise with cunning Syr.