חכם

Aramaic edit

חכם • (transliteration needed)

Root
ח־כ־ם (ḥ-k-m)

Compare Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm), Aramaic חַכִּים (ḥakkīm).

חָכָם • (khakhám) (feminine חֲכָמָה, masculine plural חֲכָמִים, feminine plural חֲכָמוֹת)

חָכָם • (khakhám) m (plural indefinite חֲכָמִים, singular construct חֲכַם־, plural construct חַכְמֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

→ Arabic: حَاخَام (ḥāḵām)
→ Ladino: haham
→ Ottoman Turkish: خاخام
- Turkish: haham
- → Armenian: խախամ (xaxam)
- → Romanian: haham
→ Persian: خاخام (xâxâm)
→ Yiddish: חכם (khokhem)
- → Dutch: goochem
- ⇒ German: Pustekuchen

חָכַם • (khakhám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

Conjugation of חָכַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לחכום / לַחְכֹּם action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	חָכַמְתִּי		חָכַמְנוּ
	second	חָכַמְתָּ	חָכַמְתְּ	חֲכַמְתֶּם¹	חֲכַמְתֶּן¹
	third	חָכַם	חָכְמָה	חָכְמוּ
present		חָכָם	חֲכָמָה	חֲכָמִים	חֲכָמוֹת
future	first	אֶחְכַּם		נֶחְכַּם
	second	תֶּחְכַּם	תֶּחְכְּמִי	תֶּחְכְּמוּ	תֶּחְכַּמְנָה²
	third	יֶחְכַּם	תֶּחְכַּם	יֶחְכְּמוּ	תֶּחְכַּמְנָה²
imperative		חֲכַם	חִכְמִי	חִכְמוּ	חֲכַמְנָה²
notes		Pronounced חָכַמְתֶּם and חָכַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.