the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Strong's #2449 - חָכַם
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- to be wise
- (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
- (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
- (Pual) to be made wise
- (Hiphil) to make wise
- (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one´s wisdom
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2159) mkh (ההכמ HhKM) AC: Wise CO: ? AB: Wisdom
V) mkh (ההכמ HhKM) - Wise: To be wise. KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) wise, wisdom, exceed - Strongs: H2449 (חָכַם)
Nm) mkh (ההכמ HhKM) - Wise: Also a wise man. KJV (137): wise, wiseman, cunning, subtil, unwise, wiser - Strongs: H2450 (חָכָם)
Nf1) emkh (ההכמה HhKMH) - Wisdom: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (157): wisdom, wisely, skilful, wits - Strongs: H2451 (חָכְמָה), H2452 (חָכְמָה)
Nf3) tfmkh (ההכמות HhKMWT) - Wisdom: KJV (5): wisdom, wise - Strongs: H2454 (חַכְמוֹת)
bm) mikh (ההכימ HhKYM) - Wise: KJV (14): wise - Strongs: H2445 (חַכִּים)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect ׳ח Proverbs 23:15; 3 feminine singular חָֽכְמָה Zechariah 9:2; הָכַמְתָּ Proverbs 9:12 (twice in verse), etc. + 3t. Perfect; Imperfect יֶחְכַּם Proverbs 9:9; Proverbs 21:11; וַיֶּחְכַּם 1 Kings 5:11; יֶחְכָּ֑ם Proverbs 20:1+; וֶ֯חְכָּ֑ם Proverbs 13:20; תֶּחְכַּם Proverbs 19:20; אֶחְכָּ֑מָה Ecclesiastes 7:23; plural יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ Job 32:9; Imperative חֲכַם Proverbs 27:11; חֲכָ֑ם Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 23:19 + Proverbs 13:20 Kt; חֲכָ֑מוּ Proverbs 8:33; — be or become wise, act wisely Deuteronomy 32:29 (poetry) 1 Kings 5:11; Job 32:9; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 8:33; Proverbs 9:9,12 (twice in verse); Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 21:11; Proverbs 23:19; Proverbs 27:11; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 7:23; Zechariah 9:2; אם חכם לבך 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 חוֺבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם Psalm 58:6, plural הֵמָּהחֲכָמִים מְחֻכָּמִים Proverbs 30:24 (of intelligent animals).
Hiph`il Participle construct מַחְכִּימַת מֶּ֑תִי Psalm 19:8 making wise the simple.
Hithpa`el Imperfect נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֺ 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.
חָכַם fut. יֶחְכַּם to be wise, to become wise. (Arab. حَكَمَ to judge, hence to rule, حَكْمُ judgment, حَكَمُ and حاكِمُ a judge, Aram. to know, more rarely, to be wise. Indeed the primary power of this word, as I understand it, is that of judging, so that it is kindred to the root חָקַק.) Proverbs 6:6, 23:19 Ecclesiastes 2:19; 1 Kings 5:11; Job 32:9, etc.
Piel, to make wise, to teach wisdom, Job 35:11; Psalms 105:22.
Pual part. made wise, learned, Proverbs 30:24 of an enchanter, Psalms 58:6.
Hiphil i.q. Piel Psalms 19:8.
Hithpael
(1) to seem wise to oneself, to be wise in one’s own eyes, Ecclesiastes 7:16.
(2) to show oneself wise, followed by לְ to deceive, Exodus 1:10. (Compare the Greek σοφός, cunning.)
The derived nouns all follow [except חַכִּים, and pr.n. תַּחְכְּמֹנִי].