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title: דֵּעָה — knowledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֵּעָה (1844), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: knowledge. BDB 1906: n.f. knowledge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֵּעָה

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«דֵּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knowledge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1844 · **BDB:** דֵּעָה

### Glosses

knowledge (4); of.knowledge(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knowledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1844/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. knowledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1844/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. knowledge (strictly Inf. of ידע)—דֵּעָה ψ 73:11 + 3 times; pl. דֵּעוֹת 1 S 2:3; Jb 36:4;—תְּמִים ד׳ Jb 36:4 (of Elihu); of God’s knowledge, אֵל ד׳ י׳ 1 S 2:3 a God of knowledge is י׳ (on pl. v. Dr); יֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיוֹן ψ 73:11 (‖ אֵיכָה יָדַע־אֵל); knowledge, with י׳ as obj. Is 11:9 (where verbal force of noun appears); as taught by proph. Is 28:9; וְרָעוּ אֶתְכֶם דֵּעָה וְהַשְׂכֵּיל Je 3:15 of י׳’s shepherds (i.e. future ideal rulers). Gr proposes (plausibly) רָעֹה, after 𝔊, v. also Gie.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֵּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1844/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.4/)

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כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) truly not \[are\].falsehood words my \[one\].complete of.knowledge(s) \[is\].with you

*JPS 1917:* For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.

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[Psalms 73:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.11/)

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וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and they.say how? does.he.know God and.\[is\] there? knowledge with the.Most.High

*JPS 1917:* And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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