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Hokhmah
חָכְמָה
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Personified Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible (Proverbs 8), present at creation.
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Signature powerFirst of WorksWisdom present beside the Maker before creation began.
◈ Open relationship graph →The same idol, across the ages
Scholars have long read Hokhmah as one face of a wider figure that recurs under many names through history: the divine wisdom.
Read why these are held to be one →Voices & connections
Figures bound to Hokhmah, family and rivals within the myth, and the thinkers and writers who shaped how we know them.
Relics & objects
Sacred and cursed things that belong to the world of Hokhmah.
How each tradition tells Hokhmah
One figure can be read very differently from one faith to the next. Here is what each tradition claims, every line backed by its own sources.
In Judaism
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Personified Wisdom, "the first of God's works", present at creation.
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