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# בִּינָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H998

**understanding** — used 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

understanding [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בִּינָה: n.f. understanding [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. understanding 1 Ch 12:32 + 28 times; cstr. בִּינַת Pr 30:2 Is 29:14; sf. בִּינָתִי Jb 20:3 + 4 times; pl. בִּינוֹת Is 27:11;— the act Is 33:19 Je 23:20 Dn 1:20; 8:15; 9:22; 10:1. the faculty Jb 20:3; 39:26 Pr 3:5; 23:4; 30:2 Is 27:11; קנה בינה get understanding Pr 4:5, 7; 16:16. the object of knowledge Dt 4:6 1 Ch 22:12 Jb 28:12, 20, 28; 34:16; 38:36; 39:17 Pr 9:6, 10; 23:23 Is 11:2; 29:14; יָדַע בִינָה 1 Ch 12:32 2 Ch 2:11, 12 Jb 38:4 Pr 1:2; 4:1 Is 29:24. personified Pr 2:8; 7:4; 8:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: understanding (24); of understanding (5); \[is\] understanding (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 9:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/#tree)

תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].beginning of.wisdom the.fear of.Yahweh and.\[the\] knowledge of.\[the\].holy.\[one(s)\] \[is\].understanding

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

[Proverbs 23:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.4/#tree)

אַל־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃

*Word for word:* do.not labor to gain.riches from understanding your cease

*JPS 1917:* Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/998.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).