ידע

See also: י־ד־ע‎

Aramaic

Verb

יְדַע • (transliteration needed)

  1. to know

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
י־ד־ע‎

From the root י־ד־ע‎ (y-d-`). Cognate with Arabic دَعَا‎ (daʿā, “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 (/edû, idû/, “know”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ, “know”), and Qatabanian 𐩺𐩵𐩲‎ (“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) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹדַע‎)

  1. To know (a fact).
    • Exodus 3:19
      וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃‎
    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) 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. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References
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