chokh.mah is discernment and capable understanding shown in learning, judgment, skilled work, and reflection on life.

The noun most often denotes capable discernment or understanding, whether possessed, sought, increased, or set against folly. Its attested contexts also show this capacity applied to judging a people and rendering justice, and to carrying out commanded artistic and technical work.

1. Discernment in learning and reflection · dominant

   The singular noun names an understanding that can be sought, examined, increased, and compared with folly. In Ecclesiastes 1:13 the APB renders the speaker's effort to seek and search it out concerning all done under heaven; Ecclesiastes 7:25 similarly joins seeking it with searching out the sum of things, while Daniel 1:17 places it with knowledge and prudence in every kind of literature.

   Ecclesiastes 1:13Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 1:17Ecclesiastes 7:25Ecclesiastes 9:16Daniel 1:17
2. Capacity for rule and judicial decisions · common

   In royal settings, the noun identifies the understanding requested or recognized for leading and judging. In 2 Chronicles 1:10 the APB renders Solomon's request for it and knowledge so that he may judge the people, and in 1 Kings 3:28 the wisdom of God within the king is connected with rendering justice; construct forms in 1 Kings 10:24 and 2 Chronicles 9:23 specify the wisdom placed in Solomon's heart and heard by visiting kings.

   2 Chronicles 1:102 Chronicles 1:111 Kings 3:281 Kings 10:242 Chronicles 9:231 Kings 2:6
3. Skill for making and carrying out work · occasional

   The noun occurs with people equipped to perform specified work. In Exodus 28:3 the APB renders those filled with a spirit of wisdom as making Aaron's garments, and Exodus 31:6 connects wisdom given in the hearts of skillful people with doing all that was commanded; 1 Kings 7:14 places it with understanding and knowledge for bronze work.

   Exodus 28:3Exodus 31:3Exodus 31:61 Kings 7:141 Chronicles 28:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “wisdom,” including in phrases such as “spirit of wisdom,” “wisdom of God,” and “wisdom and knowledge.” It also presents the surrounding applications in judgment, learning, and work, but it is a whole-verse translation to the Hebrew noun.