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יָדַע

ya.dato knowHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb946 occurrences35 books874 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Traditional renderings: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָדַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

946 total
  1. Exodus 34:29יָדַ֗ע · was unaware
    And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
  2. Exodus 36:1לָדַ֣עַת · to know
    “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
  3. Leviticus 4:14וְנֽוֹדְעָה֙ · when they become aware
    …when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
  4. Leviticus 4:23הוֹדַ֤ע · When he becomes aware
    When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
  5. Leviticus 4:28הוֹדַ֣ע · When he becomes aware
    When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
  6. Leviticus 5:1יָדָ֑ע · learned of it
    “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
  7. Leviticus 5:3יָדַ֖ע · realizes it
    Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.
  8. Leviticus 5:4יָדַ֥ע · realizes it
    Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
  9. Leviticus 5:17יָדַ֥ע · unaware
    If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
  10. Leviticus 5:18יָדַ֖ע
    He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
  11. Leviticus 23:43יֵדְע֣וּ · may know
    …so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
  12. Numbers 10:31יָדַ֗עְתָּ · you know
    “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
  13. Numbers 11:16יָדַ֔עְתָּ · known to you
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
  14. Numbers 12:6אֶתְוַדָּ֔ע · will reveal Myself
    He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  15. Numbers 14:31וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ · and they will enjoy it
    But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
  16. Numbers 14:34וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · and you will experience
    In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
  17. Numbers 16:5וְיֹדַ֨ע · will reveal
    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.
  18. Numbers 16:28תֵּֽדְע֔וּן · you will know
    Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
  19. Numbers 16:30וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם · then you will know
    But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
  20. Numbers 20:14יָדַ֔עְתָּ · know
    From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
  21. Numbers 22:6יָדַ֗עְתִּי · I know
    So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
  22. Numbers 22:19וְאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה · that I may find out
    So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
  23. Numbers 22:34יָדַ֔עְתִּי · realize
    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
  24. Numbers 24:16וְיֹדֵ֖עַ · who has knowledge
    …the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  25. Numbers 31:17יֹדַ֥עַת · who has had relations with
    So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
  26. Numbers 31:18יָדְע֖וּ · had relations
    …but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
  27. Numbers 31:35יָדְע֖וּ · slept with
    …and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
  28. Numbers 32:23וּדְעוּ֙ · and be assured that
    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  29. Deuteronomy 1:13וִידֻעִ֖ים · and respected
    Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
  30. Deuteronomy 1:15וִֽידֻעִ֔ים · and respected
    So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
  31. Deuteronomy 1:39יָדְע֤וּ · know
    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
  32. Deuteronomy 2:7יָדַ֣ע · He has watched over
    Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
  33. Deuteronomy 3:19יָדַ֕עְתִּי · I know
    But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
  34. Deuteronomy 4:9וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֥ם · Teach them
    Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  35. Deuteronomy 4:35לָדַ֔עַת · so that you would know
    You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
  36. Deuteronomy 4:39וְיָדַעְתָּ֣ · Know therefore
    Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  37. Deuteronomy 7:9וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ · Know therefore
    Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
  38. Deuteronomy 7:15יָדַ֗עְתָּ · you knew
    And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
  39. Deuteronomy 8:2לָדַ֜עַת · in order to know
    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  40. Deuteronomy 8:3יָדַ֔עְתָּ · had known; יָדְע֖וּן · you might understand; הוֹדִֽעֲךָ֗
    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  41. Deuteronomy 8:5וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ · So know
    So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
  42. Deuteronomy 8:16יָדְע֖וּן · known
    He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
  43. Deuteronomy 9:2יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ · know
    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  44. Deuteronomy 9:3וְיָדַעְתָּ֣ · But understand
    But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
  45. Deuteronomy 9:6וְיָדַעְתָּ֗ · Understand, then
    Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
  46. Deuteronomy 9:24דַּעְתִּ֥י · I came to know you
    You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
  47. Deuteronomy 11:2וִֽידַעְתֶּם֮ · Know; יָדְעוּ֙ · have known
    Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;