חֲכָמָה f. 1) fem. of חָכָם. Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ top הרי זו ח׳ that is a wise court; Snh. 17ᵇ שלישית ח׳ a Sanhedrin containing three orators is a wise one. —2) female physician, midwife. R. Hash. II, 5; Erub. 45ᵃ ח׳ הבאה לילד a midwife called for assisting at birth. Sabb. XVIII, 3 וקורין לה ח׳ וכ׳ and we must call for her a midwife from another place (on the Sabbath); a. fr.
חֲכָמָה
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חֲכָמָה f. 1) fem. of חָכָם . Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ top הרי זו ח׳ that is a wise court; Snh. 17ᵇ שלישית ח׳ a Sanhedrin containing three orators is a wise…
References
- Jastrow, חָכָם 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim 5:1:8
- Sanhedrin 17b:3
- Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:5
- Eruvin 45a:7
- Mishnah Shabbat 18:3