לַ/חֲכַם — Proverbs 16:21 Hebrew Word Study

לַ/חֲכַם

𐤋/𐤇𐤊𐤌

lachakham

to the wise

from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).

H2450

Proverbs 16:21 · Word #1

Lexicon `H2450`

Lemma	חָכָם
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤇𐤊𐤌
Transliteration	châkâm
Strong's	H2450
In-context	to the wise

Morphology `HR/Aamsc` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`A` — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype	`a` — Adjective — Adjective
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`c` — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 `H2450-13`

to the wise man

Root	חכם (ḥ-k-m)
Core Meanings	wisdom, skill, practical intelligence, shrewdness
Semantic Range	wise, skillful, discerning, prudent, shrewd, technically skilled, experienced counselor
Conceptual Significance	In the Hebrew Bible, חָכָם denotes not merely intellectual ability but covenant-shaped wisdom—skill in living according to YHWH’s order. The “wise man” embodies practical righteousness, discernment, and often artisan or administrative competence within Israel’s communal and theological framework.
Morphological Notes	Preposition ל with definite article assimilation (לַ) + adjective חָכָם, masculine singular, functioning substantivally; no plural or feminine marking; no pronominal suffix.
Rendering Rationale	The form לַחֲכַם consists of the preposition לַ (“to the”) prefixed to the masculine singular adjective חָכָם, used substantively (“wise man”). Rendering it as “to the wise man” preserves both the core sense of skillful wisdom inherent in the root חכם and the masculine singular grammatical form indicated by the morphology.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root חכם (wisdom, skill, practical intelligence, shrewdness)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H2451-01`	bachakhemah	in the wisdom
`H2451-02`	bechakhemah	in wisdom
`H2451-03`	bechakhematah	in her skillful wisdom
`H2451-04`	bechakhematekha	by your wisdom-skill
`H2451-05`	bechakhemato	in his wisdom
`H2450-01`	chakham	a wisdom-skilled man
`H2450-02`	chakhamah	wisdom
`H2450-03`	chakhamayikhe	your wise men
`H2450-04`	chakhamayv	his wise men
`H2449-01`	chakhameta	you have become wise
`H2450-05`	chakhameyha	her wise men
`H2450-06`	chakhameykha	your wise men
`H2450-07`	chakhamim	wise men
`H2451-06`	chakhemah	wisdom
`H2451-07`	chakhemat	wisdom-of
`H2451-08`	chakhematam	their wisdom-skill
`H2451-09`	chakhematekha	your wisdom
`H2451-10`	chakhematekhe	your skillful-wisdom
`H2451-11`	chakhematekhem	your wisdom
`H2451-12`	chakhemati	my wisdom
`H2451-13`	chakhemato	his wisdom-skill
`H2452-01`	chakhemeta	the wisdom
`H2450-08`	chakhemey	wise-men of
`H2453-01`	chakhemoni	Wise-one
`H2454-01`	chakhemot	wisdoms
`H2445-01`	chakimey	wise-men of
`H2450-09`	hachakhamim	the wise men
`H2450-10`	hachakhamot	the wisdom-endowed women
`H2451-14`	hachakhemah	the wisdom
`H2450-11`	hechakham	the wise man
`H2452-02`	kechakhemat	according to the wisdom of
`H2451-15`	kechakhematekha	according to your wisdom-skill
`H2450-12`	kehechakham	like the wise man
`H2450-14`	lachakhamim	to the wise men
`H2451-16`	lachakhemah	to the wisdom
`H2450-15`	lechakham	to a wise man
`H2451-17`	lechakhemah	to wisdom
`H2451-18`	lechakhemati	to my wisdom
`H2445-02`	lechakimey	to the wise-men of
`H2450-16`	mechakham	from a wise man
`H2451-19`	mechakhemah	from wisdom
`H2451-20`	mechakhemat	from wisdom-of
`H2449-02`	nitechakemah	let us make ourselves wise
`H2451-21`	ulechakhemah	and to wisdom
`H2451-22`	uvechakhemati	and in my wisdom
`H2449-03`	vachakham	and you acted wisely (masculine singular)
`H2450-17`	vachakhameyha	and her wisdom-skilled men
`H2450-18`	vachakhamim	but wise men
	vachakhamu	and you all acted wisely
`H2451-23`	vachakhemah	in the wisdom
`H2449-04`	vchkhm	and you will become wise
`H2450-19`	vechakham	and a wise man
`H2451-24`	vechakhemah	and wisdom
`H2451-25`	vechakhemat	and the wisdom of
`H2451-26`	vechakhemato	and his wisdom
`H2450-20`	vechakhemey	and wise-men of
`H2445-03`	vechakimaya	and the wise-men
`H2450-21`	vehachakhamim	and the wise men
`H2451-27`	vehachakhemah	and the wisdom
`H2449-05`	veshechakhameti	and I became wise
`H2449-06`	veyechekam	and he will become wise
`H2449-07`	yechekam	he will become wise
`H2449-08`	yechekamu	they will act wisely

Word Usage (137 occurrences of H2450)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 41:8	חֲכָמֶ֑י/הָ	chakhameyha	the wise men
Genesis 41:33	וְ/חָכָ֑ם	vechakham	and wise
Genesis 41:39	וְ/חָכָ֖ם	vechakham	and wise
Exodus 7:11	לַֽ/חֲכָמִ֖ים	lachakhamim	for the wise men
Exodus 28:3	חַכְמֵי	chakhemey	wise
Exodus 31:6	חֲכַם	chakham	wise
Exodus 35:10	חֲכַם	chakham	wise
Exodus 35:25	חַכְמַת	chakhemat	wise-hearted
Exodus 36:1	חֲכַם	chakham	skillful
Exodus 36:2	חֲכַם	chakham	wise
Exodus 36:4	הַ֣/חֲכָמִ֔ים	hachakhamim	the wise men
Exodus 36:8	חֲכַם	chakham	wise
Deuteronomy 1:13	חֲכָמִ֧ים	chakhamim	wise
Deuteronomy 1:15	חֲכָמִים֙	chakhamim	wise
Deuteronomy 4:6	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Deuteronomy 16:19	חֲכָמִ֔ים	chakhamim	the wise
Deuteronomy 32:6	חָכָ֑ם	chakham	wise
Judges 5:29	חַכְמ֥וֹת	chakhemot	wisest (ones)
2 Samuel 13:3	חָכָ֖ם	chakham	wise
2 Samuel 14:2	חֲכָמָ֑ה	chakhamah	wise
2 Samuel 14:20	חָכָ֗ם	chakham	is wise
2 Samuel 20:16	חֲכָמָ֖ה	chakhamah	wise
1 Kings 2:9	חָכָ֖ם	chakham	wise
1 Kings 3:12	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
1 Kings 5:21	חָכָ֔ם	chakham	wise
Isaiah 3:3	וַ/חֲכַ֥ם	vachakham	and skilled
Isaiah 5:21	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	wise
Isaiah 19:11	חַכְמֵי֙	chakhemey	wise
Isaiah 19:11	חֲכָמִ֥ים	chakhamim	the wise
Isaiah 19:12	חֲכָמֶ֔י/ךָ	chakhameykha	your wise men
Isaiah 29:14	חֲכָמָ֔י/ו	chakhamayv	their wise men
Isaiah 31:2	חָכָם֙	chakham	wise
Isaiah 40:20	חָכָם֙	chakham	skillful
Isaiah 44:25	חֲכָמִ֛ים	chakhamim	wise men
Jeremiah 4:22	חֲכָמִ֥ים	chakhamim	wise
Jeremiah 8:8	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	wise
Jeremiah 8:9	חֲכָמִ֔ים	chakhamim	wise men
Jeremiah 9:11	הֶֽ/חָכָם֙	hechakham	the wise
Jeremiah 9:16	הַ/חֲכָמ֥וֹת	hachakhamot	the wise women
Jeremiah 9:22	חָכָם֙	chakham	wise man
Jeremiah 10:7	חַכְמֵ֧י	chakhemey	wise men of
Jeremiah 10:9	חֲכָמִ֖ים	chakhamim	skillful ones
Jeremiah 18:18	מֵֽ/חָכָ֔ם	mechakham	from the wise
Jeremiah 50:35	חֲכָמֶֽי/הָ	chakhameyha	wise-men-of-her
Jeremiah 51:57	וַ/חֲכָמֶ֜י/הָ	vachakhameyha	and-wise-men-of-her
Ezekiel 27:8	חֲכָמַ֤יִ/ךְ	chakhamayikhe	wise men
Ezekiel 27:9	וַ/חֲכָמֶ֨י/הָ֙	vachakhameyha	and its wise men
Ezekiel 28:3	חָכָ֛ם	chakham	wise
Hosea 13:13	חָכָ֔ם	chakham	wise
Hosea 14:10	חָכָם֙	chakham	is wise
Obadiah 1:8	חֲכָמִים֙	chakhamim	the wise men
Psalms 49:11	חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים	chakhamim	wise-men
Psalms 107:43	חָכָ֥ם	chakham	is wise
Proverbs 1:5	חָ֭כָם	chakham	wise man
Proverbs 1:6	חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 3:7	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 3:35	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	the wise
Proverbs 9:8	לְ֝/חָכָ֗ם	lechakham	a wise man
Proverbs 9:9	לְ֭/חָכָם	lechakham	to a wise man
Proverbs 10:1	חָ֭כָם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 10:8	חֲכַם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 10:14	חֲכָמִ֥ים	chakhamim	wise men
Proverbs 11:29	לַ/חֲכַם	lachakham	to the wise
Proverbs 11:30	חָכָֽם	chakham	is wise
Proverbs 12:15	חָכָֽם	chakham	is wise
Proverbs 12:18	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 13:1	חָ֭כָם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 13:14	חָ֭כָם	chakham	of the wise
Proverbs 13:20	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	wise men
Proverbs 14:3	חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 14:16	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise man
Proverbs 14:24	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 15:2	חֲ֭כָמִים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 15:7	חֲ֭כָמִים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 15:12	חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	chakhamim	the wise
Proverbs 15:20	חָ֭כָם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 15:31	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	the wise
Proverbs 16:14	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 16:21	לַ/חֲכַם	lachakham	to the wise
Proverbs 16:23	חָ֭כָם	chakham	of the wise
Proverbs 17:28	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 18:15	חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 20:26	חָכָ֑ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 21:11	לְ֝/חָכָ֗ם	lechakham	the wise
Proverbs 21:20	חָכָ֑ם	chakham	of the wise
Proverbs 21:22	חָכָ֑ם	chakham	wise-man
Proverbs 22:17	חֲכָמִ֑ים	chakhamim	of the wise
Proverbs 23:24	חָ֝כָ֗ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 24:5	חָכָ֥ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 24:23	לַֽ/חֲכָמִ֑ים	lachakhamim	to the wise
Proverbs 25:12	חָ֝כָ֗ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 26:5	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 26:12	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 26:16	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 28:11	חָכָ֣ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 29:8	וַ֝/חֲכָמִ֗ים	vachakhamim	but wise men
Proverbs 29:9	חָכָ֗ם	chakham	wise
Proverbs 29:11	וְ֝/חָכָ֗ם	vechakham	but wise
Proverbs 30:24	חֲכָמִ֥ים	chakhamim	wise
Job 5:13	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	the wise
Job 9:4	חֲכַ֣ם	chakham	wise
Job 15:2	הֶֽ/חָכָ֗ם	hechakham	wise man
Job 15:18	חֲכָמִ֥ים	chakhamim	wise-men
Job 17:10	חָכָֽם	chakham	a wise man
Job 34:2	חֲכָמִ֣ים	chakhamim	you wise men
Job 34:34	חָ֝כָ֗ם	chakham	wise
Job 37:24	חַכְמֵי	chakhemey	wise
Ecclesiastes 2:14	הֶֽ/חָכָם֙	hechakham
Ecclesiastes 2:16	לֶ/חָכָ֛ם	lechakham
Ecclesiastes 2:16	הֶ/חָכָ֖ם	hechakham
Ecclesiastes 2:19	הֶֽ/חָכָ֤ם	hechakham
Ecclesiastes 4:13	וְ/חָכָ֑ם	vechakham
Ecclesiastes 6:8	לֶ/חָכָ֖ם	lechakham
Ecclesiastes 7:4	חֲכָמִים֙	chakhamim
Ecclesiastes 7:5	חָכָ֑ם	chakham
Ecclesiastes 7:7	חָכָ֑ם	chakham
Ecclesiastes 7:19	לֶ/חָכָ֑ם	lechakham
Ecclesiastes 8:1	כְּ/הֶ֣/חָכָ֔ם	kehechakham	is like the wise [one]
Ecclesiastes 8:5	חָכָֽם	chakham
Ecclesiastes 8:17	הֶֽ/חָכָם֙	hechakham
Ecclesiastes 9:1	וְ/הַ/חֲכָמִ֛ים	vehachakhamim
Ecclesiastes 9:11	לַ/חֲכָמִ֥ים	lachakhamim	to the wise
Ecclesiastes 9:15	חָכָ֔ם	chakham	wise
Ecclesiastes 9:17	חֲכָמִ֔ים	chakhamim	of wise
Ecclesiastes 10:2	חָכָם֙	chakham	of a wise man
Ecclesiastes 10:12	חָכָ֖ם	chakham	a wise man
Ecclesiastes 12:9	חָכָ֑ם	chakham	wise
Ecclesiastes 12:11	חֲכָמִים֙	chakhamim	the wise
Esther 1:13	לַ/חֲכָמִ֖ים	lachakhamim	to the wise men
Esther 6:13	חֲכָמָ֜י/ו	chakhamayv	his wise men
1 Chronicles 22:15	חָכָ֖ם	chakham	skillful
2 Chronicles 2:6	חָכָ֡ם	chakham	wise
2 Chronicles 2:6	הַֽ/חֲכָמִ֗ים	hachakhamim	the wise men
2 Chronicles 2:11	חָכָ֗ם	chakham	wise
2 Chronicles 2:12	חָכָ֛ם	chakham	wise
2 Chronicles 2:13	חֲכָמֶ֔י/ךָ	chakhameykha	your wise men
2 Chronicles 2:13	וְֽ/חַכְמֵ֔י	vechakhemey	and the wise men

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Lexicon H2450

Morphology HR/Aamsc All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2450-13

Words from Root חכם (wisdom, skill, practical intelligence, shrewdness)

Word Usage (137 occurrences of H2450)

Lexicon `H2450`

Morphology `HR/Aamsc` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2450-13`