Midvash

יָדַעyâdaʻ

יָדַע: know

Pronunciation: yaw-dah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3045

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (Genesis 4:1; Leviticus 5:1; Deuteronomy 34:10)

1.

a. know, learn to know (Genesis 3:22; 1 Samuel 28:9; 2 Samuel 24:2)

b. perceive (Genesis 19:33; Genesis 19:35; Ruth 3:4)

c. || ראה (1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 14:38)

d. discriminate, distinguish (2 Samuel 19:36; Deuteronomy 1:29; Jonah 4:11)

e. know by experience (Joshua 23:14; Hosea 13:14; Hosea 9:7)

f. recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess (Jeremiah 3:13; Jeremiah 14:20; Isaiah 59:12)

g. consider (Judges 18:14; 2 Samuel 24:13; 1 Kings 20:7)

h. לֹא ידע not know = not expect (Isaiah 47:11; Psalms 35:8)

2. know a person, be acquainted with (Genesis 29:5; Exodus 1:8; Job 42:11)

3. know a person carnally, of sexual intercourse (Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:25)

4.

a. know how to do a thing, be able to do it (Amos 3:10; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 6:15)

b. be skilful in (Genesis 25:27; Isaiah 29:11; Isaiah 29:12)

5. have knowledge, be wise (Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 56:10)

Niph`al

1. be made known, be or become known (Genesis 41:31; Exodus 2:14; Leviticus 4:14)

2. make oneself known (Ruth 3:3; Exodus 6:3; Isaiah 19:21)

3. be perceived, (passive of Qal), of perception by the eye (Genesis 41:21; Psalms 74:5)

4. be instructed, (passive of Hiph`il) (Jeremiah 31:19)

Pi`el: cause to know (Job 38:12; Psalms 104:19)

Po.: I have caused to know, i.e. directed (1 Samuel 21:3)

Pu`al: known, elsewhere as substantive = acquaintance (Isaiah 12:5; Psalms 55:14; 2 Kings 10:11)

Hiph`il: make known, declare, teach (Psalms 98:2; Jeremiah 11:18; 1 Kings 1:27)

Hoph`al: made known (Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 4:28; Isaiah 12:5)

Hitph.: make oneself known to (Numbers 12:6; Genesis 45:1)

: know

Pe`al: know (Daniel 5:21; Daniel 6:11; Daniel 5:22)

Haph`el: cause to know, inform (Daniel 2:15; Daniel 2:29; Daniel 2:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 945 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”
  • Genesis 3:7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
  • Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
  • Genesis 4:1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
  • Genesis 4:9 Afterward the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?” “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
  • Genesis 4:17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
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