Lexicon / H2449
חָכַם
cha.kham
  • be wise

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: be wise

1) to be wise

1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely

1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct

1c) (Pual) to be made wise

1d) (Hiphil) to make wise

1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: be wise

Root √חכם: חָכַם vb be wise Qal be become wise act wisely or, Pi make wise teach wisdom . Pu made wise . intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom Hiph making wise the simple . Hithp let us deal wisely shrewdly toward it make or shew thyself wise .()(the people); .

חָכַם vb be wise Qal be become wise act wisely or, Pi make wise teach wisdom . Pu made wise . intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom Hiph making wise the simple . Hithp let us deal wisely shrewdly toward it make or shew thyself wise .()(the people); .