See also: י־ד־ע

Aramaic edit

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יְדַע (yeda')

  1. to know

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Etymology edit

Root
י־ד־ע (y-d-ʿ)

From the root י־ד־ע (y-d-`). Cognate with Arabic دَعَا (daʕā, to call on for help, to seek directions, to find the means or a way) by metathesis, Aramaic ידע (know), Phoenician 𐤉𐤃𐤏 (ydʿ, know), Akkadian 𒍪 (edûm, to know), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ, know), and Qatabanian 𐩺𐩵𐩲 (ydʿ, find out).

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יֶדַע (yédam (no plural forms, singular construct יֶדַע־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. Knowledge: that which is known (to a given knower).

Verb edit

יָדַע (yadá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹדַע)

  1. To know (a fact).
    • Tanach, Exodus 3:19:
      וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃
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    לא, אני לא רוצה לדעת למה היא ישנה עם הנעליים שלו.
    lo, ani lo rotse/rotsa lada'at lama hi y'shena im hana'alayim shelo.
    No, I don't want to know why she sleeps with his shoes.
  2. To know how (to do something).
  3. (literary) To know (a person or place).
  4. (archaic, euphemistic) To know, to have sex with.

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יִדֵּעַ (yidéa) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of יידע

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יֻדַּע (yudá) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of יודע

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