Hakham


[Sephardic Hebrew khah-khahm; Ashkenazic Hebrew haw-khuh m] /Sephardic Hebrew xɑˈxɑm; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈhɔ xəm/

noun, Hebrew.
1.
a wise and learned person; sage.
2.
(among Sephardic Jews) a title given to a rabbi.

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