ידע

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See also: י־ד־ע

Aramaic

Verb

יְדַע • (yeda')

  1. to know

Hebrew

Etymology

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 (/⁠edû, idû⁠/, “know”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ, “know”), and Qatabanian 𐩺𐩵𐩲 (ydʿ, “find out”).

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈjeda/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Sephardi" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈjed̪aʕ/, [ˈjed̪aŋ]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈjæðæʕ/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Tiberian Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈjɛðaʕ/
  • Verb:
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /jaˈda/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Ashkenazi" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /jɔˈda/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Sephardi" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /jaˈd̪aʕ/, [jaˈd̪aŋ]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /jɔˈðæʕ/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Tiberian Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /jɔˈðaʕ/

Noun

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יֶדַע • (yéda) m (no plural forms, singular construct יֶדַע־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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

Verb

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׃
    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) To know, to have sex with.

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָדַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first יָדַעְתִּי יָדַעְנוּ
second יָדַעְתָּ יָדַעְתְּ יְדַעְתֶּם1 יְדַעְתֶּן1
third יָדַע יָדְעָה יָדְעוּ
present יוֹדֵעַ יוֹדַעַת יוֹדְעִים יוֹדְעוֹת
future first אֵדַע נֵדַע
second תֵּדַע תֵּדְעִי תֵּדְעוּ תֵּדַעְנָה2
third יֵדַע תֵּדַע יֵדְעוּ תֵּדַעְנָה2
imperative דַּע דְּעִי דְּעוּ דַּעְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced יָדַעְתֶּם and יָדַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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