H2452 H2452
Wisdom (Aramaic); divinely granted insight, interpretive skill, and comprehensive understanding, especially in Daniel.
This is the Aramaic form of 'wisdom,' appearing exclusively in Daniel and Ezra. In Daniel, wisdom is first an attribute of God himself—'wisdom and might are his' (Dan 2:20)—and then a gift he bestows on those who seek him (2:21, 23). Daniel credits God for the interpretive insight that none of Babylon's sages could supply (2:30). In Daniel 5:11, 14, the queen mother testifies that 'the wisdom of the gods' resides in Daniel. Ezra 7:25 uses the term practically: Ezra is commissioned to appoint judges 'according to the wisdom of your God.' The multilingual glosses consistently render it as 'wisdom/sabiduría,' confirming a unified semantic field.
Senses
1. wisdom — Wisdom as divinely imparted insight and understanding, the Aramaic cognate of Hebrew chokmah. Spanish consistently renders 'sabiduría' and English 'wisdom,' while French and German leave the Aramaic forms untranslated in some instances, reflecting the term's technical-theological weight. The word functions in three related registers: as a divine attribute (Dan 2:20), as revelatory gift enabling dream interpretation (Dan 2:21, 23, 30), and as practical judicial-administrative competence (Ezra 7:25). Daniel 5:11, 14 bridges these registers, describing Daniel as possessing 'wisdom like the wisdom of the gods.' 8×
AR["الـ-حِكْمَةَ", "بِ-حِكْمَةٍ", "حِكْمَةً", "كَ-حِكْمَة", "كَحِكْمَةِ-", "وَ-حِكْمَةٌ"]·ben["-জ্ঞানের-মতো-", "-প্রজ্ঞায়", "এবং-জ্ঞান", "প্রজ্ঞা", "প্রজ্ঞা-অনুসারে"]·DE["[בחכמה]", "[וחכמה]", "[חכמתא]", "[כחכמת]"]·EN["according-to-the-wisdom-of", "and-wisdom", "by-wisdom", "like-wisdom-of-", "wisdom"]·FR["[בחכמה]", "[וחכמה]", "[חכמתא]", "[כחכמת]"]·heb["ב-חכמה", "ו-חכמה", "חכמה", "כ-חכמת"]·HI["और-बुद्धि", "की-तरह-बुद्धि", "बुद्धि", "बुद्धि-के-अनुसार", "में-बुद्धि-से"]·ID["dan-hikmat", "dengan-hikmat", "hikmat", "menurut-hikmat", "seperti-hikmat"]·IT["[כחכמת]", "e-sapienza", "la-sapienza", "sapienza"]·jav["ing-kawicaksanan", "kados-kawicaksananipun-", "kawicaksanan", "lan-kawicaksanan", "miturut-kawicaksanan"]·KO["그리고-지혜-", "그리고-지혜-가", "에-지혜", "에-지혜로", "지혜-같은-", "지혜를", "지혜와"]·PT["como-a-sabedoria-de", "conforme-a-sabedoria-de", "e-sabedoria", "por-sabedoria", "sabedoria"]·RU["и-мудрость", "как-мудрость-", "мудрость", "по-мудрости"]·ES["como-la-sabiduría-de", "conforme-a-la-sabiduría-de", "por-sabiduría", "sabiduría", "y-sabiduría"]·SW["hekima", "kama-hekima-ya-", "kulingana-na-hekima", "kwa-hekima", "na-hekima"]·TR["bilgeligine-gore", "bilgelik", "bilgelikle", "bilgeliği", "bilgeliği-gibi-", "ve-bilgelik"]·urd["اور-حکمت", "حکمت", "خداؤں-کی-حکمت-کی-طرح", "سے-حکمت", "کے-حکمت"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָכְמָה n.f. wisdom;—ח׳ abs. Dn 2:30 +, emph. חָכְמְתָא Dn 2:20 +, cstr. חָכְמֶת 5:11; Ezr 7:25;—wisdom, attrib. of God Dn 2:20; of gods 5:11; of man 2:30; of God imparted to man Ezr 7:25 (practical wisdom), Dn 2:21; = occult knowledge (v. foregoing) imparted to men v 23; 5:11, 14.