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title: מַדָּע — knowledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַדָּע (4093), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: knowledge. BDB 1906: n.m. knowledge, thought. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַדָּע

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«מַדָּע» 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:** 4093 · **BDB:** מַדָּע

### Glosses

knowledge (4); (of).knowledge (1); mind (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knowledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4093/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. knowledge, thought [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4093/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 Ch 1:12 knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע 2 Ch 1:10 + 4 times; מַדָּֽעֲךָ Ec 10:20;— knowledge (‖ חָכְמָה) of Solomon, 2 Ch 1:10, 11, 12 Dn 1:4 (‖ חָכְמָה and דַּעַת), v 7 (‖ הַשְׂכֵּל). place of knowledge, mind, (in our idiom also) thought Ec 10:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַדָּע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4093/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.1.10/)

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עַתָּ֗ה חָכְמָ֤ה וּמַדָּע֙ תֶּן־לִ֔י וְאֵֽצְאָ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה וְאָב֑וֹאָה כִּֽי־מִ֣י יִשְׁפֹּ֔ט אֶת־עַמְּךָ֥ הַזֶּ֖ה הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ס

*Word for word:* now wisdom and knowledge give to me so that.I.may.go.out before the people (the) this and so.that.I.may.come (dm) who? will.he.judge (et) people your (the) this (the) great

*JPS 1917:* Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this Thy people, that is so great?'

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[Ecclesiastes 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.20/)

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גַּ֣ם בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗ מֶ֚לֶךְ אַל־תְּקַלֵּ֔ל וּבְחַדְרֵי֙ מִשְׁכָּ֣בְךָ֔ אַל־תְּקַלֵּ֖ל עָשִׁ֑יר כִּ֣י ע֤וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ יוֹלִ֣יךְ אֶת־הַקּ֔וֹל וּבַ֥עַל כְּנָפַ֖יִם יַגֵּ֥יד דָּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* also in mind your a.king do.not curse and in the.chambers your.lying.down your do.not curse a.rich.\[person\] (dm) (the).bird of the.heavens it.will.carry (et) the sound and an.owner of.wings it.will.tell \[the\].matter

*JPS 1917:* Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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