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# דַּעַת

Biblical Hebrew

**knowledge** — used 2 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

knowledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דַּ֫עַת: n.f. knowledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5ea/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ψ 139:6 Dn 12:4 (m. Pr 2:10; 14:6, poss. Jb 33:3 Ew§ 174 g) knowledge (proposes Inf., which appears clearly Gn 2:9, 17 Je 22:16)—abs. דַּ֫עַת Gn 2:9 + 35 times; דָּ֑עַת Jos 20:3 + 35 times; cstr. דַּ֫עַת Nu 24:16 + 10 times; sf. דַּעְתִּי Pr 22:17; דַּעְתְּךָ Jb 10:7; דַּעְתֵּךְ Is 47:10; דַּעְתּוֹ Pr 3:20 Is 53:11; דַּעְתְּכֶם Jb 13:2; דַּעְתָּם Is 44:25;— knowledge, perception in phrase בִּבְלִי ד׳ Dt 4:42 = unintentionally, 19:4 Jos 20:3 (where P’s synonym is בִּשְׁגָגָה v 3, 9, cf. Nu 35:11, 15), v 5; without knowing מִבְּלִי ד׳ Is 5:13 (= before they knew it, suddenly). = skill (in workmanship) Ex 31:3; 35:31 (both P; both ‖ תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה), 1 K 7:14 (sq. inf.); creative skill Is 40:14 (‖ אֹרַח מִשְׁפָּט, דֶּרֶךְ תְּבוּנוֹת). of proph. knowledge יֹדֵעַ ד׳ עליון Nu 24:16 (JE), cf. ψ 19:3. especially knowledge with moral quality Gn 2:9, 17 (J; in both verbal force, הַדּ׳ טוֹב וָרַע the knowing good and evil). knowledge possessed by God Jb 10:7 ψ 139:6 Pr 3:20 (‖ חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה), 21:12; taught by God to men ψ 94:10; 119:66 (‖ טוּב טַעַם), Pr 2:6 (‖ תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה). f. דַּעַת־רוּחַ = windy (unreal) knowledge Jb 15:2. especially in WisdLt = discernment, understanding, wisdom: Jb 13:2; 33:3 (ד׳ שְׂפָתַי), לֹא בְּדַעַת Jb 34:35 (‖ חכמה), Pr 8:9, 10 (‖ מוסר), 10:14; 11:9; 18:15(×15); 22:12; 29:7, cf. Is 32:4; 53:11 Je 10:14 = 51:17; בבלי דעת Jb 35:16; 36:12; בלי ד׳ 38:2; 42:3, בְּלֹא ד׳ Pr 19:2; ‖ תְּבוּנָה Pr 17:27; Is 44:19; ת׳ + חכמה Pr 24:4, ‖ מְזִמָּה Pr 1:4; 5:2; ד׳ מְזִמּוֹת 8:12; ‖ vb. עָרַם 19:25; ‖ מֹצֵעוֹת 22:20; ‖ מוּסָר 12:1; 19:27; 23:12; ‖ תּוֹרָה Mal 2:7; ‖ חכמה Pr 14:6; Ec 1:16, 18; 2:21, 26; 7:12; 9:10; connected with חָכָם Pr 21:11; Ec 12:9; דברי חכמים Pr 22:17; Is 33:6 (חכמת) Is 44:25 (חכמים); wisdom of magicians 47:10 Dn 1:4 (‖ חָכְמָה and מַדָּע). in highest sense, knowledge of God (incl. obedience) Ho 4:1, 6 (מִבְּלִי הַדַּעַת), v 6; 6:6 Jb 21:14; Pr 2:5 (‖ יראת י׳), so Is 11:2; 58:2; Je 22:16 (verbal force, c. acc.), Pr 9:10 (ד׳ קדשׁים, ‖ יראת י׳), 30:3 (id., ‖ חָכְמָה); v. also יִרְאַת י׳ ראשׁית ד׳ 1:7 (‖ חָכְמָה מוּסָר), v 22, 29 (‖ יִרְאַת י׳), 2:10 (‖ חָכְמָה). opp. אִוֶּלֶת Pr 12:23; 13:16; 14:18; 15:2 cf. v 7, also v 14. שִׂפְתֵי־ד׳ Pr 14:7; 20:15; אישׁ ד׳ 24:5 (‖ גֶּבֶר חָכָם).—Dn 12:4 is dub.; 𝔊 Bev read ותרבה הָרָעֹת.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: knowledge (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 29:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.7/#tree)

יֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק דִּ֣ין דַּלִּ֑ים רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לֹא־יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].knowing a.righteous.\[person\] \[the\].case of.poor.\[people\] a.wicked.\[person\] not he.understands knowledge

*JPS 1917:* The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

[Isaiah 53:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.11/#tree)

מֵעֲמַ֤ל נַפְשׁוֹ֙ יִרְאֶ֣ה יִשְׂבָּ֔ע בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ יַצְדִּ֥יק צַדִּ֛יק עַבְדִּ֖י לָֽרַבִּ֑ים וַעֲוֺנֹתָ֖ם ה֥וּא יִסְבֹּֽל׃

*Word for word:* from the.labor his.self his he.will.see he.will.be.satisfied by knowledge his he.will.justify \[the\].righteous.\[one\] servant my (to the many.\[people\] and iniquities their he he.will.carry

*JPS 1917:* Of the travail of his soul he shall see to the full, even My servant, who by his knowledge did justify the Righteous One to the many, and their iniquities he did bear.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5ea.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5ea/): 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).