hakam
noun
ha·kam
variants or haham or less commonly chochem
ḵäˈḵäm
ˈḵȯḵəm
plural hakamim or hahamim also chachamim or chachomim
ˌḵäḵäˈmēm
1
: one learned in Jewish Law : wise man
specifically plural : the rabbinical interpreters of biblical law of the first two Christian centuries whose interpretations are recorded in the Mishnah and contemporary works
2
: a title given to a rabbi by the Sephardic Jews
Word History
Etymology
Hebrew ḥākhām wise, wise man; chochem from Yiddish khokhem, from Hebrew ḥākhām