חכם

חָכָםm. (b. h.; v. Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. II, 2042>) (retentive, 1) one who knows. חֲכַם הרזים He who knows the secrets (minds of men). Ber.58a; Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 2; Num. R. s. 21, beg. 2) wise man, scholar; esp. Ḥakham, a scholars title, less than Rabbi. Ab. IV, 1 איזהו ח׳ who is a wise man? Snh.21a (ref. to 2 Sam. 13:3) איש ח׳ לרשעה a man wise for wickedness (artful). Gitt.67a ח׳ וסופר is a scholar and a scribe; ח׳ לכשירצה might be a scholar, if he wanted. Hor.13b ר״מ ח׳ R. M. was the Ḥakham (counselor); a. v. fr.Pl. חֲכָמִים, frequ. in the sense of a number of scholars, as opposed to a single authority. Ḥull.85a ראה רבי … ושנאו בלשון ח׳ Rabbi approving of R. Meirs opinion …, recorded it in the Mishnah as the opinion of ‘scholars. Ber.I, 1; a. v. fr.חַכְמֵי אומות העולם gentile scholars (philosophers), חכמי ישראל Jewish scholars. R. Hash. 12a. Pes.94b; a. fr.תַּלְמִיד חָכָם (= תלמיד וח׳, cmp. חָבֵר, abbr. ת״ח) title of a student, disciple, scholar. Ḥag.15b ת״חאע״פ שסרחוכ׳ a scholars learning is not to be despised, even if he has gone astray. Ḥull.9a ת״ח צריךוכ׳ in order to be recognised as a Talmid Ḥakham, one must have learned three things ; a. v. fr.Pl. תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים. Ber.64a ת״ח מרביםוכ׳ scholars increase the peace of the world; a. v. fr.