ידע

See also: י־ד־ע

Aramaic

Verb

יְדַע • (yeda')

  1. to know

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
י־ד־ע (y-d-ʿ)

From the root י־ד־ע (y-d-`). Cognate with Arabic دَعَا (daʕā, “to call on for help, to seek directions, to find the means or a way”) by metathesis, Aramaic ידע (“know”), Phoenician 𐤉𐤃𐤏 (ydʿ, “know”), Akkadian 𒍪 (edûm, “to know”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ, “know”), and Qatabanian 𐩺𐩵𐩲 (ydʿ, “find out”).

Pronunciation

Noun

יֶדַע • (yéda) m (no plural forms, singular construct יֶדַע־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. Knowledge: that which is known (to a given knower).

Verb

יָדַע • (yadá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹדַע)

  1. To know (a fact).
    • Tanach, Exodus 3:19:
      וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    לא, אני לא רוצה לדעת למה היא ישנה עם הנעליים שלו.
    lo, ani lo rotse/rotsa lada'at lama hi y'shena im hana'alayim shelo.
    No, I don't want to know why she sleeps with his shoes.
  2. To know how (to do something).
  3. (literary) To know (a person or place).
  4. (archaic, euphemistic) To know, to have sex with.

Conjugation
Conjugation of יָדַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first יָדַעְתִּייָדַעְנוּ
second יָדַעְתָּיָדַעְתְּיְדַעְתֶּם1יְדַעְתֶּן1
third יָדַעיָדְעָהיָדְעוּ
present יוֹדֵעַיוֹדַעַתיוֹדְעִיםיוֹדְעוֹת
future first אֵדַענֵדַע
second תֵּדַעתֵּדְעִיתֵּדְעוּתֵּדַעְנָה2
third יֵדַעתֵּדַעיֵדְעוּתֵּדַעְנָה2
imperative דַּעדְּעִידְּעוּדַּעְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced יָדַעְתֶּם and יָדַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

See also

Verb

יִדֵּעַ • (yidéa) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of יידע

Verb

יֻדַּע • (yudá) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of יודע

References
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