--- title: לָמַד — exercise in · The Tanakh dictionary description: לָמַד (3925), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 86 times: exercise in. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3925.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1500-2.md)‎ / לָמַד‎ # לָמַד «לָמַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exercise in** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 86 times · **Key:** 3925 · **BDB:** לָמַד ### Glosses teach (21); they (4); they.will.learn (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) exercise in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3925/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3925/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. exercise in, learn (NH id., be accustomed to, learn; Aramaic לְמַד (rare) learn; Syriac ܠܡܰܕ Pa. accustom, combine; Ettaph. be taught, etc.; Assyrian lamâdu, learn, DlProl 29);— Pf. 3 ms. ל׳ Is 26:10; 1 s. לָמַדְתִּי Pr 30:3 + 3 times Pf.; Impf. 3 ms. יִלְמַד Dt 17:19; 1 s. אֶלְמְדָה ψ 119:73; 3 pl. יִלְמְדוּן Dt 4:10 + 12 times Impf.; Imv. לִמְדוּ Is 1:17; Inf. abs. לָמֹד Je 12:16; cstr. sf. לָמְדִי ψ 119:7; Pt. pass. cstr. לְמוּדֵי 1 Ch 5:18;—learn something, c. acc. Dt 5:1 ψ 119:7, 71, 73; 106:35 Pr 30:3 Is 2:4; 26:9, 10; 29:24 Je 12:16(×2) Mi 4:3; c. אֶל Je 10:2; c. inf. Dt 18:9 Is 1:17 Ez 19:3, 6; לְיִרְאָה Dt 4:10; 14:23; 17:19; 31:13; וְיָֽרְאוּ Dt 31:12; לְמוּדֵי מִלְחָמָה trained to war 1 Ch 5:18. Pf. 3 ms. לִמַּד Ec 12:9; 2 m. sf. לִמַּדְתָּנִי ψ 71:17 + 7 times Pf.; Impf. יְלַמֵּד ψ 25:9; יְלַמֶּד־ Jb 21:22; 2 ms. sf. תְּלַמְּדֶנּוּ ψ 94:12; 1 s. אֲלַמְּדָה ψ 51:15; 3 mpl. יְלַמֵּד֑וּן Dt 4:10 + 12 times Impf.; Imv. sf. לַמְּדֵנִי ψ 25:4 + 12 times Imv.; Inf. לַמֵּד Je 32:33 + 9 times; Pt. מְלַמֵּד Dt 4:1 + 7 times Pt.;—teach, abs. 2 Ch 17:7, 9(×2) ψ 60:1; teach some one something, c. double acc. Dt 4:5, 14; 5:28; 11:19; 31:19, 22 Ju 3:2 2 S 1:18 (?), ψ 25:4, 9; 34:12; 51:15; 94:10; 119:12, 26, 64, 66, 68, 108, 124, 135, 171; 132:12 Ec 12:9 Is 40:14 Je 2:33; 9:13, 19; 13:21 Dn 1:4; c. acc. pers. Dt 4:10 ψ 25:5; 71:17 Ct 8:2 Is 48:17 Je 31:34; 32:33(×2) Ezr 7:10; acc. rei Jb 21:22; acc. pers. ל rei 2 S 22:35 = ψ 18:35, ψ 144:1; acc. rei ל pers. Jb 21:22; acc. pers. מִן rei ψ 94:12; acc. pers. בְּ rei Is 40:14; acc. pers. inf. rei Dt 4:1; 6:1; 20:18 ψ 143:10 Je 9:4; 12:16; מְלַמְּדַי my teachers ψ 119:99 Pr 5:13. Pf. 3 ms. לֻמָּ֑ד Je 31:18; Pt. pl. cstr. מְלֻמְּדֵי 1 Ch 25:7 Ct 3:8; f. מְלֻמָּדָה Is 29:13 Ho 10:11;—trained, as soldiers Ct 3:8; singers 1 Ch 25:7; a bullock to the yoke Ho 10:11; taught, of a human command Is 29:13. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 79 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «לָמַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3925/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 119:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.12/) בָּר֖וּךְ אַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֗ה לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* \[be\].blessed you O.Yahweh teach me decrees your *JPS 1917:* Blessed art Thou, O LORD; teach me Thy statutes. [Psalms 119:68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.68/) טוֹב־אַתָּ֥ה וּמֵטִ֗יב לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* \[are\].good you and.\[are\] doing.good teach me decrees your *JPS 1917:* Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes. - ← previous: [לֻלָאֹת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3924.md) - next →: [לִמֻּד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3928.md) - ↑ back to [ל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1500-2.md)