May 3, 2020 10:05
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Hebrew term

חכמניית

Non-PRO Hebrew to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
המשך 3: I'm translating some old postcards written in Yiddish in the late 19th century. Salutations are all in Hebrew, being a long list of all the family members, each with plentiful epithets and many abbreviations. While I was able to unravel most of them, I do need help with the following please:
חכמניית as in נכדי הייקרה החכמניית
Proposed translations (English)
3 חכמה

Discussion

Textpertise May 3, 2020:
clever? sharp? shrewd? I think the root is חבם with suffix as you have it to indicate a meaning that is not the straight sense of the word.

Proposed translations

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חכמה

Sounds like an old-fashioned way to say חכמה
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