(Hebrew ‘Wise’) *Rabbinic title. Originally scholars who had not formally received *semikhah were known as hakham. It was also used as a title for the third in status after the *nasi and *av bet din. Among the *Sephardim, the title is used...

Hakham (or chakam, ḥakam; Hebrew חכם lit. "wise") is a term from Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar. The word is generally used to designate a cultured and learned person: "He who says a...