deserving+of+preference
81TALMID ḤAKHAM — (Heb. תַּלְמִיד חָכָם; pl. talmidei ḥakhamim; lit. a disciple of the wise rather than a wise student ), the appellation given to a rabbinical scholar. The Talmud expresses the preference of the aristocracy of learning over that of distinguished… …
