--- title: יְדַע — know · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: יְדַע (lemma:יְדַע), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 47 times: know. BDB 1906: vb. know. 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BH);— Pf. 3 ms. י׳ Dn 5:21; 6:11, 2 ms. יְדַ֫עְתָּ 5:22, 1 s. יִדְעֵת 4:6; Impf. 2 ms. תִּנְדַּע (K§ 11, 4. b) δ) Ezr 4:15 +, etc.; Imv. דַּע ms. (K§11, 3 α)) Dn 6:16; Pt. act. יָדַע 2:8 +; pl. יָֽדְעִין 5:23, etc.; pass. יְדִיעַ Ezr 4:12 +;—know, c. acc. rei Dn 2:30; 5:22, acc. rei om. Ezr 7:25; יָֽדְעֵי דָּתֵי א׳ v 25, יָֽדְעֵי בִינָה Dn 2:21; c. obj. cl. v 8, 9, 22; 4:6, 14, 23, 29; 5:21; 6:11, 16; Ezr 4:15, so (of God) Dn 4:22; pt. act. abs. 5:23 having capacity of knowledge; pass. in periphr. conjug., subj. cl. + ל pers. 3:18 Ezr 4:12, 13; 5:8. Pf. 3 ms. הוֹדַע Dn 2:15 +, sf. הוֹדְעָךְ v 29, 2 ms. sf. הוֹדַעְתַּ֫נִי v 23, -תֶּ֑נָא v 23, 1 pl. הוֹדַ֫עְנָא Ezr 4:14; Impf. 3 ms. יְהוֹדַע Dn 2:25, sf. יְהוֹדְעִנַּ֑נִי 7:16, etc. (v. K§ 43 c); Inf. לְהוֹדָעָה 5:8, sf. לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֫נִי 4:15; 5:16, etc.; Pt. act. pl. מְהוֹדְעִין 4:4 +;—cause to know, inform: ל pers. Ezr 4:14, + acc. rei Dn 2:15, 17, 25, 30; 4:4; 5:8, 17, so (sf. pers.) 2:5, 9, 26; 4:3, 15; 5:15, 16; 7:16, and (subj. God) 2:23; ל pers. + obj. cl. Ezr 4:16; 7:24, so (of God) Dn 2:28, 29, 45, and (sf. pers.) v 23; acc. pers. only Ezr 5:10; 7:25. ### Jastrow 1903 יְדַע: Hif. Part. pass friend to be made known, to make one’s self known [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d3_5b7_5e2/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. IV, 1; a. fr.—Ib. XXX, 26; a. fr:—Fut. יִדַּע, יִנְדַּע (fr. נדע). Targ. Ps. XXXIX, 5 אִידַּע Ms. (ed. אֵידַע). Targ. Ex. VIII, 6; a. fr.—Ber. 33ᵇ אנא לא האי יְדַעְנָע I learned nothing either about this \&c. Snh. 103ᵃ (prov.—of one who derives no lesson from adversity or success) בכיי ליה למר ולא י׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. דלא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) they lament to you and you understand it not, they laugh to you and you understand it not; וי ליה למאן דלא י׳ וכ׳ (not למר) woe to him who knows not the difference between good and evil; a. fr. as preced. Hif. Targ. Ex. XXXIII, 13. Targ. Ps. CVI, 8 לאוֹדָעָה (Ms. לאַנְדָּ׳, v. supra); a. fr.—Snh. 11ᵇ מְהוֹדְעִין אנחנא וכ׳ we (the Sanhedrin) notify you \&c.; Y. ib. I, 18ᵈ top מוֹדַעְנָא; Tosef. ib. II, 6 מְהוֹדַעְנָא (Var. מְהוֹדְעֵי אנחנא). Sabb. 33ᵇ מאן לוֹדְעֵיה לבר וכ׳ (Ms. M. מוֹדְעֵיה) Oh, that some one would inform the son of Yoḥai \&c. Ned. 62ᵃ לאוֹדוּעֵי נפשיה to make one’s self known (as a scholar). Gen. R. s. 11 מנאן את מוֹדַע לי (some ed. מְיַדַּע) how will you prove it to me?; a. fr. same. Cant. R. to III, 6 לינא מְיַדַּע לדין וכ׳ shall I not let him know with whom he is dealing?. Gen. R. s. 11, v. supra.—Part. pass. מְיַדַּע friend. Targ. Ps. LXXXVIII, 9 מְיַדְּעַי Ms. (ed. מיודעי, hebraism). to be made known, to make one’s self known. Targ. O. Gen. XLV, 1. Ib. XLI, 21; a. fr.—\[Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 11 תתידעון, read: תיתרעון, as in v. 14.\]—Hor. 2ᵃ כי מִתְיַדַּע להו לבי דינא if the court were made aware of it. Sabb. 71ᵇ א׳ ליה קודם וכ׳ he became aware of it before setting the sacrifice aside; a. e. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יְדַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d3_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.22/) וְאַ֤נְתְּ בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ כָּל־קֳבֵ֕ל דִּ֥י כָל־דְּנָ֖ה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃ *Word for word:* and you son his O.Belshazzar not you.have.brought.low heart your as to because that all this you.knew *JPS 1917:* And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this; [Daniel 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.17/) אֱדַ֥יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל לְבַיְתֵ֣הּ אֲזַ֑ל וְ֠לַחֲנַנְיָה מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וַעֲזַרְיָ֛ה חַבְר֖וֹהִי מִלְּתָ֥א הוֹדַֽע׃ *Word for word:* then Daniel to house his he.went and to Hananiah Mishael and Azariah companions his the matter he.made.known *JPS 1917:* Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions; - ← previous: [ידה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5d3_5d4.md) - next →: [יְהַב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5b7_5d1.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1497.md)