chochmah
Pronunciations
chochmah | (KHOKH-muh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Wisdom.
n. A brilliant idea.
n. A clever remark.
n. (sarcastic) A foolish action.
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Example Sentences
"What, he solved it? You know, that guy has real chochma." (Glinert)
"Merv comes to me with all these chochmes, but they aren't practical." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH חכמה khokhma 'wisdom' > Y חכמה khokhme
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
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Notes
plural: 'khakhamot' or 'khokhmes'
See also chacham.
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