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H2450חָכָםcha.kham
wisePart of speech: Hebrew Adjective
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A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
חָכָ֑ם cha.Kham “a wise [person]”
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
חֲכָמִ֑ים cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
חָ֝כָ֗ם cha.Kham “a wise [son]”
A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
חָכָ֥ם cha.Kham “wise”
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
לַֽחֲכָמִ֑ים (חֲכָמִ֑ים) cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
חָ֝כָ֗ם cha.Kham “wise”
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
חָכָ֣ם cha.Kham “wise”
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
חָכָ֣ם cha.Kham “wise”
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
חָכָ֣ם cha.Kham “[is] wise”
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
חָכָ֣ם cha.Kham “[is] wise”
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים (חֲכָמִ֗ים) cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”
If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.
חָכָ֗ם cha.Kham “wise”
A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.
וְ֝חָכָ֗ם (חָכָ֗ם) cha.Kham “a wise [person]”
There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:
חֲכָמִ֥ים cha.kha.Mim “[are] wise [things]”
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
הֶֽחָכָם֙ (חָכָם֙) cha.Kham “wise [person]”
Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
לֶחָכָ֛ם (חָכָ֛ם) cha.Kham “wise man”הֶחָכָ֖ם (חָכָ֖ם) cha.Kham “wise [person]”
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
הֶֽחָכָ֤ם (חָכָ֤ם) cha.Kham “a wise [person]”
A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
וְחָכָ֑ם (חָכָ֑ם) cha.Kham “wise”
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
לֶחָכָ֖ם (חָכָ֖ם) cha.Kham “wise person”
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
חֲכָמִים֙ cha.kha.Mim “wise people”
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
חָכָ֑ם cha.Kham “a wise [person]”
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
חָכָ֑ם cha.Kham “a wise [person]”
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
לֶחָכָ֑ם (חָכָ֑ם) cha.Kham “wise [person]”
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
כְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔ם (חָכָ֔ם) cha.Kham “wise [person]”
Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
חָכָֽם׃ cha.Kham “wise”