hakham

American  

[khah-khahm, haw-khuhm] / xɑˈxɑm, ˈhɔ xəm /

Or hakam

noun

Hebrew.

1. a wise and learned person; sage.

2. (among Sephardic Jews) a title given to a rabbi.

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Etymology

Origin of hakham

ḥākhām literally, wise

Example Sentences

Rabbi Levine leads the Jewish Center in New York and is author of “Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Rabbi Shofet’s father, Hakham Yedidia Shofet, was the chief rabbi of Tehran.

From Los Angeles Times