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Chokmah (Hebrew: חָכְמָה Ḥoḵmā) is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as "wisdom" in English Bible versions (LXX σοφία sophia, Vulgate sapientia).[1]

The word occurs 149 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible[1] It is cognate with the Arabic word for "wisdom", ḥikma حكمة (Semitic root ḥ-k-m). Adjectival ḥaḵam "wise" is used as a honorific, as in Talmid Chacham (lit. "student of a sage") for a Torah scholar, or hakham Bashi for a chief rabbi.

The Talmud (Shabbat 31a) describes knowledge of the Talmudic order of Kodshim as a high level of wisdom, chokhmah. In the Kabbalah, Chokhmah is the uppermost of the sephirot of the right line (kav yamin, the "Pillar of Mercy") in the Tree of Life. It is to the bottom right of Keter, with Binah across from it. Under it are the sephirot of Chesed and Netzach. It commonly has four paths going to Keter, Binah, Tifereth, and Chesed (Some kabbalists such as Rabbi Isaac Luria also attributed a path between Chokhmah and Gevurah).

Hebrew Bible

Further information: Sophia (wisdom)

Proverbs personifies Divine Wisdom, which existed before the world was made, revealed God, and acted as God's agent in creation (Prov 8:22–31 cf. 3:19; Wisdom 8:4–6; Sir 1:4,9). Wisdom dwelt with God (Prov 8:22–31; cf. Sir 24:4; Wisdom 9:9–10) and being the exclusive property of God was as such inaccessible to human beings (Job 28:12–13, 20–1, 23–27). It was God who "found" wisdom (Bar 3:29–37) and gave her to Israel: "He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved. Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men." (Bar 3:36–37; Sir 24:1–12).

As a female figure (Sir. 1:15; Wis. 7:12), wisdom addressed human beings (Prov. 1:20–33; 8:1–9:6) inviting to her feast those who are not yet wise (Prov. 9:1-6). Wisdom 7:22b-8:1 is a famous passage describing Divine Wisdom, including the passage: "For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her. For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness. And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets." (Wisdom 7:25–27). Solomon, as the archetypal wise person, fell in love with Wisdom: "I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty." (Wisdom 8:2).[2]

Kabbalah

According to the Bahir: "The second (utterance) is wisdom, as is written: 'Y-H-W-H acquired me at the beginning of His way, before His deeds of old' (Prov 8:22). And there is no 'beginning' but wisdom."[3]

Chokhmah, the second of the ten sefirot, is the first power of conscious intellect within Creation, and the first point of 'real' existence, since Keter represents emptiness. According to the book of Job, "Wisdom comes from nothingness".[4] This point is both infinitely small, and yet encompasses the whole of being, but it remains incomprehensible until it is given shape and form in Binah.[5]

The name of God associated with Chokhmah is Yah. Its associated opposing qliphah is Ghagiel.[6][7][8]

Chokhmah appears in the configuration of the sefirot at the top of the right axis, and corresponds in the tzelem Elokim ("the Divine image") to the left eye, or right hemisphere of the brain.

In its fully articulated form, Chokhmah possesses two partzufim ("faces" or "features"): the higher of these is referred to as Abba Ila'ah ("the higher father"), whereas the lower is referred to as Yisrael Saba ("Israel, the Elder"). These two partzufim are referred to jointly as Abba ("father").

Chokhmah is associated in the soul with the power of intuitive insight, flashing lightning-like across consciousness. The partzuf of Abba Ila'ah is associated with the power to spontaneously extract such insight from the superconscious realm, whereas the partzuf of Yisrael Saba is associated with the power to subsequently direct it into consciousness.

The "wisdom" of Chokhmah also implies the ability to look deeply at some aspect of reality and abstract its conceptual essence till one succeeds in uncovering its underlying axiomatic truth. These seeds of truth can then be conveyed to the companion power of Binah for the sake of intellectual analysis and development.

Chokhmah is the primary ("beginning") force in the creative process, Creativity, as it is said: "You have made them all with Chokhmah." (Psalms 104:24) The first word of the Torah in Genesis, Breishit means "In the beginning (God created the heavens and the earth)", is translated (Targum Yonatan) as "With Chokhmah (God created…)."

Chokhmah is also called Fear, 'because it has no measure of boundary, and therefore the mind does not have the power to grasp it'.[9] The book of Job states 'Behold the fear of God is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding' (Job 28:28).

In the array of sefirot in three columns (gimel kavim), Chokmah is situated at the top of the right column, and corresponds to the right hemisphere of the brain. There are several aspects of Chokhmah:

The word Chokhmah itself may be broken into two words -- koach ("potential") and ma ("what is"). Thus, Chokhmah means "the potential of what is", or, "the potential to be." This aspect of Chokhmah describes the state of Chokhmah in relation to the sefira of Keter. As Chokhmah emanates from Keter, the first dawning of the "Infinite Light", it "appears" in an obscure and undefined state that is a virtual non-being. Thus the verse states, "and Chokhmah emerges from nothingness" (Job 28:12, see Zohar II, 121a, Zohar III, 290a, commentaries). The light of the Ein Sof becomes unified in the world of Atziluth through clothing itself first in the sefira of Chokhmah. In the soul, Chokhmah is associated with the power of intuitive insight.

In the Zohar Chokhmah is the primordial point which shines forth from the will of God and thus, is the starting point of Creation. All things are still undifferentiated at this point and only become intelligible at Binah.

Modern occultism

According to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the name of God associated with Chokmah is Jehovah, the archangel that presides over it is Raziel, the order of angels that reside in it are the Ophanim (the wheels), the Heaven of Assiah associated with it is called Mazloth, implying the fulfillment of destiny, and the mundane chakra associated with it is the Zodiac.

In Aleister Crowley's Liber 777, Chokhma is represented as The Four twos of the Tarot, Illuminating, Thoth, Vishnu, Joy, Odin, Uranus, Athena, God the Father, Man, Amaranth, Lingam, Hashish, Phosphorus, Musk, and Yang (not a complete list).

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Strong's Concordance H2451: "from H2449 [חָכַם chakam "wise"]; wisdom (in a good sense):—skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit." "The KJV translates Strong's H2451 in the following manner: wisdom (145x), wisely (2x), skilful man (1x), wits (1x)."
  2. ^ For a summary account of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible cf. R.E. Murphy, "Wisdom in the Old Testament", Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992), vi. 920–931.
  3. ^ Arthur Green. A Guide to the Zohar.
  4. ^ Job. 28:12
  5. ^ Rabbi Moshe Cordovero. The Palm Tree of Devorah
  6. ^ David Godwin (1994). Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to Cabalistic Magick. LLewelyn Worldwide.
  7. ^ Liber 777. Weiser Books. p. 2. ISBN 0-87728-670-1. Table VIII.
  8. ^ Israel Regardie. The Golden Dawn. p. 82. ISBN 0-87542-663-8. Fifth knowledge lecture
  9. ^ Aryeh Kaplan. Meditation and Kabbalah

General sources

Jewish

  • Samuel, Gabriella (2007). The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. ISBN 9781585425600. OCLC 488308797.
  • Bahir, translated by Aryeh Kaplan (1995). Aronson. ISBN 1-56821-383-2.
  • Lessons in Tanya
  • Kabbalah 101: Chochmah 2019-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  • Dr. Rabbi-Cohen Shalomim (2005). Developing & Establishing Effective Leadership ISBN 9781411609761.

Non-Jewish

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For the album by Nena see Chokmah album This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chokhmah news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Sefirot in KabbalahCategory Sephirot vteChokmah Hebrew ח כ מ ה Ḥoḵma is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as wisdom in English Bible versions LXX sofia sophia Vulgate sapientia 1 The word occurs 149 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible 1 It is cognate with the Arabic word for wisdom ḥikma حكمة Semitic root ḥ k m Adjectival ḥaḵam wise is used as a honorific as in Talmid Chacham lit student of a sage for a Torah scholar or hakham Bashi for a chief rabbi The Talmud Shabbat 31a describes knowledge of the Talmudic order of Kodshim as a high level of wisdom chokhmah In the Kabbalah Chokhmah is the uppermost of the sephirot of the right line kav yamin the Pillar of Mercy in the Tree of Life It is to the bottom right of Keter with Binah across from it Under it are the sephirot of Chesed and Netzach It commonly has four paths going to Keter Binah Tifereth and Chesed Some kabbalists such as Rabbi Isaac Luria also attributed a path between Chokhmah and Gevurah Contents 1 Hebrew Bible 2 Kabbalah 3 Modern occultism 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 General sources 5 2 1 Jewish 5 2 2 Non JewishHebrew Bible EditFurther information Sophia wisdom Proverbs personifies Divine Wisdom which existed before the world was made revealed God and acted as God s agent in creation Prov 8 22 31 cf 3 19 Wisdom 8 4 6 Sir 1 4 9 Wisdom dwelt with God Prov 8 22 31 cf Sir 24 4 Wisdom 9 9 10 and being the exclusive property of God was as such inaccessible to human beings Job 28 12 13 20 1 23 27 It was God who found wisdom Bar 3 29 37 and gave her to Israel He hath found out all the way of knowledge and hath given it unto Jacob his servant and to Israel his beloved Afterward did he shew himself upon earth and conversed with men Bar 3 36 37 Sir 24 1 12 As a female figure Sir 1 15 Wis 7 12 wisdom addressed human beings Prov 1 20 33 8 1 9 6 inviting to her feast those who are not yet wise Prov 9 1 6 Wisdom 7 22b 8 1 is a famous passage describing Divine Wisdom including the passage For she is the breath of the power of God and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty therefore can no defiled thing fall into her For she is the brightness of the everlasting light the unspotted mirror of the power of God and the image of his goodness And being but one she can do all things and remaining in herself she maketh all things new and in all ages entering into holy souls she maketh them friends of God and prophets Wisdom 7 25 27 Solomon as the archetypal wise person fell in love with Wisdom I loved her and sought her out from my youth I desired to make her my spouse and I was a lover of her beauty Wisdom 8 2 2 Kabbalah EditThis section includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this section by introducing more precise citations July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message According to the Bahir The second utterance is wisdom as is written Y H W H acquired me at the beginning of His way before His deeds of old Prov 8 22 And there is no beginning but wisdom 3 Chokhmah the second of the ten sefirot is the first power of conscious intellect within Creation and the first point of real existence since Keter represents emptiness According to the book of Job Wisdom comes from nothingness 4 This point is both infinitely small and yet encompasses the whole of being but it remains incomprehensible until it is given shape and form in Binah 5 The name of God associated with Chokhmah is Yah Its associated opposing qliphah is Ghagiel 6 7 8 Chokhmah appears in the configuration of the sefirot at the top of the right axis and corresponds in the tzelem Elokim the Divine image to the left eye or right hemisphere of the brain In its fully articulated form Chokhmah possesses two partzufim faces or features the higher of these is referred to as Abba Ila ah the higher father whereas the lower is referred to as Yisrael Saba Israel the Elder These two partzufim are referred to jointly as Abba father Chokhmah is associated in the soul with the power of intuitive insight flashing lightning like across consciousness The partzuf of Abba Ila ah is associated with the power to spontaneously extract such insight from the superconscious realm whereas the partzuf of Yisrael Saba is associated with the power to subsequently direct it into consciousness The wisdom of Chokhmah also implies the ability to look deeply at some aspect of reality and abstract its conceptual essence till one succeeds in uncovering its underlying axiomatic truth These seeds of truth can then be conveyed to the companion power of Binah for the sake of intellectual analysis and development Chokhmah is the primary beginning force in the creative process Creativity as it is said You have made them all with Chokhmah Psalms 104 24 The first word of the Torah in Genesis Breishit means In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth is translated Targum Yonatan as With Chokhmah God created Chokhmah is also called Fear because it has no measure of boundary and therefore the mind does not have the power to grasp it 9 The book of Job states Behold the fear of God is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding Job 28 28 In the array of sefirot in three columns gimel kavim Chokmah is situated at the top of the right column and corresponds to the right hemisphere of the brain There are several aspects of Chokhmah The word Chokhmah itself may be broken into two words koach potential and ma what is Thus Chokhmah means the potential of what is or the potential to be This aspect of Chokhmah describes the state of Chokhmah in relation to the sefira of Keter As Chokhmah emanates from Keter the first dawning of the Infinite Light it appears in an obscure and undefined state that is a virtual non being Thus the verse states and Chokhmah emerges from nothingness Job 28 12 see Zohar II 121a Zohar III 290a commentaries The light of the Ein Sof becomes unified in the world of Atziluth through clothing itself first in the sefira of Chokhmah In the soul Chokhmah is associated with the power of intuitive insight In the Zohar Chokhmah is the primordial point which shines forth from the will of God and thus is the starting point of Creation All things are still undifferentiated at this point and only become intelligible at Binah Modern occultism EditAccording to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn the name of God associated with Chokmah is Jehovah the archangel that presides over it is Raziel the order of angels that reside in it are the Ophanim the wheels the Heaven of Assiah associated with it is called Mazloth implying the fulfillment of destiny and the mundane chakra associated with it is the Zodiac In Aleister Crowley s Liber 777 Chokhma is represented as The Four twos of the Tarot Illuminating Thoth Vishnu Joy Odin Uranus Athena God the Father Man Amaranth Lingam Hashish Phosphorus Musk and Yang not a complete list See also EditSophia wisdom Holy Wisdom Hikmah Hakham Chabad Lubavitch acronym ChaBaD חבד for Chokhmah Binah Da at Tales of the AbyssReferences EditCitations Edit a b Strong s Concordance H2451 from H2449 ח כ ם chakam wise wisdom in a good sense skilful wisdom wisely wit The KJV translates Strong s H2451 in the following manner wisdom 145x wisely 2x skilful man 1x wits 1x For a summary account of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible cf R E Murphy Wisdom in the Old Testament Anchor Bible Dictionary 1992 vi 920 931 Arthur Green A Guide to the Zohar Job 28 12 Rabbi Moshe Cordovero The Palm Tree of Devorah David Godwin 1994 Godwin s Cabalistic Encyclopedia A Complete Guide to Cabalistic Magick LLewelyn Worldwide Liber 777 Weiser Books p 2 ISBN 0 87728 670 1 Table VIII Israel Regardie The Golden Dawn p 82 ISBN 0 87542 663 8 Fifth knowledge lecture Aryeh Kaplan Meditation and Kabbalah General sources Edit Jewish Edit Samuel Gabriella 2007 The Kabbalah Handbook A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism New York Jeremy P Tarcher Penguin ISBN 9781585425600 OCLC 488308797 Bahir translated by Aryeh Kaplan 1995 Aronson ISBN 1 56821 383 2 Lessons in Tanya Kabbalah 101 Chochmah Archived 2019 04 07 at the Wayback Machine Dr Rabbi Cohen Shalomim 2005 Developing amp Establishing Effective Leadership ISBN 9781411609761 Non Jewish Edit Aleister Crowley 1955 777 Red Wheel Weiser ISBN 0 87728 670 1 Dion Fortune 1935 The Mystical Kabbalah Weiser Books ISBN 1 57863 150 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chokhmah amp oldid 1140003728 Kabbalah, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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