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# מַדָּע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4093

**knowledge** — used 6 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/1502/4093/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַדָּע: n.m. knowledge, thought [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4093/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 Ch 1:12 knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע 2 Ch 1:10 + 4 times; מַדָּֽעֲךָ Ec 10:20;— knowledge (‖ חָכְמָה) of Solomon, 2 Ch 1:10, 11, 12 Dn 1:4 (‖ חָכְמָה and דַּעַת), v 7 (‖ הַשְׂכֵּל). place of knowledge, mind, (in our idiom also) thought Ec 10:20.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: knowledge (4); (of) knowledge (1); mind (1).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 1:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.1.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.1.10/#tree)

עַתָּ֗ה חָכְמָ֤ה וּמַדָּע֙ תֶּן־לִ֔י וְאֵֽצְאָ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה וְאָב֑וֹאָה כִּֽי־מִ֣י יִשְׁפֹּ֔ט אֶת־עַמְּךָ֥ הַזֶּ֖ה הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ס

*Word for word:* now wisdom and knowledge give to me so that.I.may.go.out before the people (the) this and so.that.I.may.come (dm) who? will.he.judge (et) people your (the) this (the) great

*JPS 1917:* Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this Thy people, that is so great?'

[Ecclesiastes 10:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.20/#tree)

גַּ֣ם בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗ מֶ֚לֶךְ אַל־תְּקַלֵּ֔ל וּבְחַדְרֵי֙ מִשְׁכָּ֣בְךָ֔ אַל־תְּקַלֵּ֖ל עָשִׁ֑יר כִּ֣י ע֤וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ יוֹלִ֣יךְ אֶת־הַקּ֔וֹל וּבַ֥עַל כְּנָפַ֖יִם יַגֵּ֥יד דָּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* also in mind your a.king do.not curse and in the.chambers your.lying.down your do.not curse a.rich.\[person\] (dm) (the).bird of the.heavens it.will.carry (et) the sound and an.owner of.wings it.will.tell \[the\].matter

*JPS 1917:* Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4093.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4093/): 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).