חֲכַם

חֲכַם, חֲכִים,also חַכִּים (adj. with verbal inflection) 1) to be wise, shrewd; to be learned. Targ. 1 Kings 5:11. Targ. O. Ex. 15:8 חֲכִימוּ (חַכִּ׳, h. text נערמו!). Targ. Is. 29:16; a. fr.Gitt.56b דחַכְמִיתוּוכ׳ that you are so wise. Taan.23b דנִיחְכִּים טובא that we may become well-learned; a. fr. 2) to recognize, to know, remember. Targ. Y. II Gen. 37:33 (some ed. חַכַּם Pa.).Targ. II Esth. 2:18; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 30 ח׳ אתוכ׳ doest thou know anything in favor of this man?Y.M. Kat. III, 83b top, v. בְּאַרY.Ber.II, 4d top וחַכְמִין אינון כלום do they (the dead) know anything?Y.Shek.VII, 50c bot. יֶחְכְּמוּן שפייא קיטריהון let the wine-dealers identify their knots (marks on the wine bottles). Y.Keth.V, 30a bot. (read:) חֲכִים אנא לחייתא דמילדא לי (or חַכִּים) I (as an infant) recognized the midwife that assisted at my birth (when she came to nurse my mother). Y.Ter.XI, end, 48b לא אנא ח׳ לאבא I never knew my father. Y. Ḥag.II, 78a top יַחְכּוּם shall select (Y.Snh.VI, 23a bot. יטול), v. זוֹגָא. 2) (euphem. = b. h. יָדַע) to sleep with. Targ. Y. Gen. 4:1 Ar. (ed. ידע). Targ. Y. II, ib. 20:16; a. e.Y.Maas. Sh. IV, 55b bot.; Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד כותאי 1) a. e. 3) to be clear, evident. Snh.42a, v. זָקֵן I. Pa. חַכֵּים 1) to make wise, teach. Targ. Y. Deut. 34:10. Targ. Job 35:11; a. e. 2) to outwit. Targ. O. Gen. 27:36 (Rashi a. l. quotes וכמני, v. כְּמַן, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 10). Ithpa. אִתְחַכֵּים 1) to become wise. Targ. Ps. 105:22; a. e. 2) to be informed, aware; to learn. Ib. 35:8. Targ. Y. Ex. 2:4. 3) to hold counsel. Targ. O. Ex. 1:10. 4) to be recognized. Y.Sot.IX, 23c bot.; Y.Yeb.XVI, 15c מאן דבעי דלא מִתְחַכְּמָה he who desires to disguise himself; לא מִתְחַכְּמִין they were not recognized, v. נְחִירָא. Af. אַחְכִּים to teach, make wise. Targ. Ez. 3:2; a. e.B. Bath. 158b אוירא דא״י מַחְכּים the climate of Palestine makes wise.