--- title: חׇכְמוֹת — wisdom · The Tanakh dictionary description: חׇכְמוֹת (2454), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: wisdom. BDB 1906: n.f. wisdom. 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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חׇכְמוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2454/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.1/) חָ֭כְמוֹת בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃ *Word for word:* wisdom(s) she.has.built house her she.has.hewn pillars her seven *JPS 1917:* Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; [Psalms 49:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.4/) פִּ֭י יְדַבֵּ֣ר חָכְמ֑וֹת וְהָג֖וּת לִבִּ֣י תְבוּנֽוֹת׃ *Word for word:* mouth my it.will.speak wisdom(s) and the.meditation my.heart my \[will.be\].understanding(s) *JPS 1917:* My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. - ← previous: [חַכְמוֹנִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2453.md) - next →: [חֹל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2455.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-3.md)