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ydˁ (a/a) vb. to know
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Gpəˁalto know5 senses▶
1
to know
Common Aramaic
P Ps35:15↗ ܐܬܟܢܫܘ ܥܠܝ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܝܕܥܬ‏ ; BT San 103a(37)↗ אחיכי ליה למר ולא ידע בכאי ליה למר ולא ידע ואוי ליה למר דלא ידע בין טב לביש‏ : I laughed at you and you did not know. I wept at you and you did not know. Woe to you who do not know (the difference) between good and evil ; PJ Gen4:9↗ לא ידענא‏ : I do not know ; TgQoh7:24↗ למידע כל מא דהוה מן יומי עלמא‏ : to know everything that had ever been
(1)
to perceive, understand
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen3:7↗ וִידַעוּ אֲרֵי עַרטִלָאִין אִינוּן‏ : they realized that they were naked ; JulSok 53(23):15↗ ܘܗ݂ܘ ܐܝܟ ܕܝܕܥ ܢܥܒܕ ܥܡܟܘܢ ܚܘܫܒܢܐ ܕܡܨܥܪܢܘܬܟܘܢ݁‏ : as he discerns, he will act with you on account of your insult ; BT Meg 13b(40)↗ האי מאן דלא ידע לאשתעויי לישנא בישא כהמן‏ : one who does not know how to speak slander like Haman ; PJ Gen2:17↗ ומאילן דאכלין פירוהי חכמין למידע בין טב לביש‏ : of the tree that those who eat its fruit know how to understand the difference between good and evil
(2)
to be acquainted with
Common Aramaic
4QTob b4.3.7=07:4↗ ידעין אנ[ח]נ̇א לה‏ : we know him ; M.b.Serapion 44:25↗ ܕܟܡܐ ܐܢ̈ܫܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܠܟ܂ ܐܝܟ ܒܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܪܚܡܝܢ ܠܟ‏ : how many people who do not know you love you as much as their children ; P Prov12:10↗ ܙܕܝܩܐ ܝܕܥ ܡܢ ܢܦܫܐ ܕܒܥܝܪܗ‏ : [=MT יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ]
2
to cohabit with
Qumran, Syr
GenApoc 20.17↗ ולא יכל למקרב בהא ואף לא ידעהא‏ ; P 1K(1)1:4↗ ܠܐ ܝܕܥܗ‏
3
idioms:
(1)
ܝܵܕܲܥ ܟܽܠ : omniscient one
Syr
IshPs 121(14)↗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܗܘ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܝ݁ܕܥ ܟܠ‏
4
b_: to be experienced in/with, acquainted with
Syr, JBA
JohEph 222:12 ܐ̈ܢܫܐ ܕܝܕܥܝܢ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ‏ : people familiar with the desert ; BT Mak 5b(22)↗ ה̇נ̇י ידעי בסהדותא‏ : these are familiar with the evidence
5
p.p. : see s.v. ydyˁ adj.
Cˀafˁelto inform (about)1 sense▶
1
to inform (about)
Common Aramaic
ADAB A.6:R:4↗ ˁl znh mhwdˁ lmrˀy ; Dan 2:5↗ הֵן לָא תְהוֹדְעוּנַּנִי חֶלְמָא וּפִשְׁרֵהּ‏ : if you do not inform me of the dream and its interpretation ; 4QTQah 1,1:1↗ ויודענכון שמה רבא‏ : He will let you know His great name ; TgO Ex6:3↗ וֻשמִי יוי לָא הוֹדַעִית‏ : but I did not inform them of my name ייי ; CPA(le97) Deut 13:9↗ ܘܠܐ ܬܟܣܐ݁ ܝܬ݁ܗ ܡܘܕܥܘ ܬܘܕܥ ܥܠܘܝ‏ : you may not protect him; you must in fact report about him ; Marqe 1.30↗ מודע לה דו מקים רחותה ושלמותה‏ : he informs him that he establishes divine will and divine reconciliation ; P Gn41:39↗ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܕܐܘܕܥܟ ܐܠܗܐ ܗܕܐ ܟܠܗ݀‏ : after your God has enabled you to know all of this ; BT BB 174a(26)↗ ההוא ערבא דאבוהון דיתמי דפרעיה למלוה מקמי דלודעינהו ליתמי‏ : a certain guarantor of the (late) father of the orphans who paid a creditor before he informed the orphans ; SSSad 233:9↗ מהודענא ליכי דכתובתיך תסבין מנכסי בעליך קדמאה‏ : I inform you that you may take your ketubbah from the property of your previous husband ; JohnBook 50:1↗ man naudan uman naprišan : who shall inform us and who shall explain to us ; GY 231:20↗ hazin hu baba ḏauditinkun tarmidai : this is the gate I informed you about, my priests ; PJ Gen18:17↗ ומן דינא הוא דלא נעביד עד דנודע יתיה‏ : it is proper that we not act before we inform him
(1)
to teach
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr
TgO Deut4:9↗ וֻתהוֹדַעִינוּן לִבנָך וְלִבנֵי בְנָך‏ ; PTHag 77.a:36[2]↗ מן הן את מודע לי‏ : from where do you instruct me? ; GT MM Exod14:30↗ הוֹדַע יָתֵיה רָזָא דְנָא‏
(2)
to announce
Syr
(1)
to indicate, demonstrate
Syr, LJLA
Syr-RomLaw.45.8↗ ܢܗܘܐ ܡܘܕܥ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܕܝ݁ܢܐ܃ ܘܡܚܘܐ ܕܣܢܝܩܐ ܗܘ‏ : the man must indicate to the judge and show that he is needy ; P Gn22:12↗ ܗܫܐ ܐܘܕܥ݂ܬ ܕܕܚܠܗ ܐܢܬ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : you have now shown that you are god-fearing ; PJ Gen21:14↗ לאודועי דאמתא היא‏ : to indicate that she is a maidservant
(2)
w. šlḥ ˁl : to send word concerning
OfAEg, BAEzra
TAD A4.7V.29↗ על זנה שלחן הודען‏ ; Ezra 4:14↗ עַל־דְּנָה שְׁלַחְנָא וְהוֹדַעְנָא לְמַלְכָּא‏ : we have sent word to the king about this
(3)
נפשׁה : to make oneself known
JBA
BT Ned 62a(38)↗ שרי ליה לאיניש לאודועי נפשי׳ באתר׳ דלא ידעי ליה‏ : a person is allowed to make himself known where they do not know him
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be known1 sense▶
to be known
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Ex2:14↗ בְקוּשטָא אִתיְדַע פִתגָמָא‏ : in fact the matter has become known ; P Gn41:21↗ ܘܠܐ ܐܬܝܕܥ ܕܥܠ ܠܓܘܗܝܢ‏ : it was not known that they had entered inside them ; P Is64:1↗ ܢܬܝܕܥ ܫܡܟ ܠܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝܟ‏ ; ChronEdess 7:2↗ ܗܪܣܝܣ ݁݁݁ ܐܬܝܕܥܬ݁‏ ; BT Pes 81b(15)↗ עד דמיתדע ליה לכוליה עלמא‏ : until it becomes known to the entire world ; PJ Gen41:31↗ ולא יתידע שובעא דהוה בארעא מן כפנא ההוא דיהי מן בתר כן‏ : the plenty that had been in the land will not be know due to that famine that will come later
(1)
to be perceived
Syr
AphDem5.101:9↗ ܠܐ ܡܬܝܕܥ ܚܘܣܪܢܗ‏
(2)
to be revealed in theophany
Syr
P Is66:14↗ ܘܬܬܝܕܥ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܥܠ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ‏
(3)
fem. impersonal : to be clear, obvious
Syr
MaryJoseph 29↗ ܘܸܐܬܝܲܕܥܲܬ ܠܵܗ݀ ܕܲܡܕܲܓܠܲܬܝ‏ : it is clear that you are lying
Ctˀettafˁalto be made known1 sense▶
to be made known
PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TN Lev4:14↗ ותתודע"ויתודע‏ ; TDN.94:25↗ ܗ݀ܠܝܢ ܕܡܬܬܘܕ̈ܥܢ ܠܗ݀܂ ܥܡ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܘܚܦܝ݂ܛܘ݂ܬܐ ܬܥ݂ܒܕ‏ : those things that have been made known to her she should do with faith and zeal ; BT Ker 18b(27)↗ אף על גב דלא מיתודע ליה‏ : even if (his sin) has not been made known to him ; TgPs76:2var.↗ אתידע/איתודע/ בדבית יהודה‏
Qquadriliteralsee s.v. šwdˁ1 sense▶
see s.v. šwdˁ
Syr
QtquadTsee s.v. šwdˁ1 sense▶
see s.v. šwdˁ
Syr
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CPA a/u; OfA, BA, LJA, LJLA, JBAgeon C stem often הודע ; in Sam. forms with initial heh are probably rather to be considered Hebraisms
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 563[296]DJPA: 235aDJBA: 525aJastrow: 565Drower/Macuch: 188b, 341aJ. Payne-Smith: 187fLevy Ch-W: 1:327Tal Sam: 334DNWSI: 439DCPA[Schulthess]: 156[79]Qumran: 99

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