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title: בִּינָה — understanding · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּינָה (998), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: understanding. BDB 1906: n.f. understanding. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּינָה

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«בִּינָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **understanding** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 998 · **BDB:** בִּינָה

### Glosses

understanding (24); of.understanding (5); \[is\].understanding (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

understanding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. understanding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. understanding 1 Ch 12:32 + 28 times; cstr. בִּינַת Pr 30:2 Is 29:14; sf. בִּינָתִי Jb 20:3 + 4 times; pl. בִּינוֹת Is 27:11;— the act Is 33:19 Je 23:20 Dn 1:20; 8:15; 9:22; 10:1. the faculty Jb 20:3; 39:26 Pr 3:5; 23:4; 30:2 Is 27:11; קנה בינה get understanding Pr 4:5, 7; 16:16. the object of knowledge Dt 4:6 1 Ch 22:12 Jb 28:12, 20, 28; 34:16; 38:36; 39:17 Pr 9:6, 10; 23:23 Is 11:2; 29:14; יָדַע בִינָה 1 Ch 12:32 2 Ch 2:11, 12 Jb 38:4 Pr 1:2; 4:1 Is 29:24. personified Pr 2:8; 7:4; 8:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּינָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/998/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/)

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תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].beginning of.wisdom the.fear of.Yahweh and.\[the\] knowledge of.\[the\].holy.\[one(s)\] \[is\].understanding

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

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[Proverbs 23:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.4/)

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אַל־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃

*Word for word:* do.not labor to gain.riches from understanding your cease

*JPS 1917:* Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

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