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  2. Hakham - Wikipedia

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    The Hakham of Moinești (Hahamul din Moineşti), Ștefan Luchian, 1909. Hakham (or Chakam(i), Haham(i), Hacham(i), Hach; Hebrew: חכם, romanized: ḥāḵām, lit. 'Wise') is a term in Judaism meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar.

  3. Bodhisattva - Wikipedia

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    These beings are exemplified by important spiritual qualities such as the "four divine abodes" (brahmavihāras) of loving-kindness , compassion , empathetic joy and equanimity , as well as the various bodhisattva "perfections" (pāramitās) which include prajñāpāramitā ("transcendent knowledge" or "perfection of wisdom") and skillful means .

  4. Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    The word "wisdom" (חכם) is mentioned 222 times in the Hebrew Bible. It was regarded as one of the highest virtues among the Israelites along with kindness ( חסד ) and justice ( צדק ). The books of Proverbs and Psalms each urge readers to obtain and to increase in wisdom.

  5. Hiram Abiff - Wikipedia

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    (חורם אבי ‎) [7] (the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre), skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your skillful men and with the skillful men ...

  6. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    There is a connection to the word nesa meaning subject to public ridicule/failure/shame, i.e. "the failure/shame of swords", not only "where the sword first hits/ headland of swords" Kennings can sometimes be a triple entendre. N: Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Glymdrápa 3 ship wave-swine unnsvín: N ship sea-steed gjálfr-marr: N: Hervararkviða 27 ...

  7. Skill - Wikipedia

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    A skill is the learned or innate [1] ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. [2] Skills can often [quantify] be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.

  8. Swordsmanship - Wikipedia

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    The formation of the English word "swordsman" is parallel to the Latin word gladiator, [1] a term for the professional fighters who fought against each other and a variety of other foes for the entertainment of spectators in the Roman Empire. The word gladiator itself comes from the Latin word gladius, which is a type of sword. [1]

  9. Expert - Wikipedia

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    The word expertise is used to refer also to expert determination, where an expert is invited to decide a disputed issue. The decision may be binding or advisory, according to the agreement between the parties in dispute.