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ydwˁ, ydwˁˀ (yaddūˁ, yaddūˁā) n.m. familiar; wise
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wise person, sage
Gal, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
SYAP 44:8↗ כל תנויי ידועיי‏ : all my reciters and sages ; MarqePoem12:58↗ ידועה דכלה סלח לן בטובך‏ : O knower of all forgive us in your goodness ; EphPar 12:2.3↗ ܡܫܡܥ ܫܡ݂ܥ ܘܐܝܠܦ ܘܐܣܬܒܪ ܕܝܕܘܥܐ ܗܘ‏ : (Adam) did listen and learn, and he thought that he was wise ; GY 214:22 ↗ iaduia damia lbanaia sdira ḏbania umpalig biniana bkul šupra : a wise man is like a well-ordered builder who builds and apportions the building with every beauty ; Pishra D-ainia 78 ↗ ia iaduiia ḏiaditun lmahu mšailitun : O wise ones, why do you ask that which you know? ; TgJob34:2var.↗ שמעו חכימיא מליי וידיעייא"וידועייא" אציתו למימרי‏
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soothsayer, prophet
PTA, Syr, LJLA
TNM Lev20:6↗ גרם ידוע‏ ; P Lv19:31↗ ܙܟܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܝܕܘ̈ܥܐ‏ ; P 1S28:3↗ ܘܫܐܘܠ ܐܥܒܪ ܙܟܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܝܕ̈ܘܥܐ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : while Saul removed witches and soothsayers from the land ; PJ Deut18:11↗ שאלין אובא טמיא וגרם ידוע ותבע מן מיתיא‏
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experienced, expert
Syr
JulSok 67(30):16↗ ܝܕܘܥܐ ܕܟܣܝ̈ܬܐ‏ ; JulSok 225(109):10↗ ܠܘ ܝܕܘ̈ܥܐ ܕܟܣ̈ܝܬܐ ܚܢ݂ܢ‏ ; ChronEdess 2:12↗ ܘܒܚܟܡܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܫܘܚܐ ܘܝ̈ܕܘܥܐ݂܂ ܐܬܬܣܝܡ ܚ̈ܢܘܬܐ ܕܟܡܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܦܬܝܗ ܕܢܗܪܐ‏ : by means of the knowledge of the surveyors and experts, the shops were placed according to the potential width of the river
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ܠܐ ܝܕܘܥܐ : inexperienced, ignorant
Syr
ESRef 2 3a:4 ܗ݂ܝ ܬܟܣ̇ ܒܫܬܩܗ݀ ܠܠܐ ܝܕܘܥܐ ܗ݀ܘ‏ : she should rebuke that inexperienced person with her silence ; AGnEx 50.9↗ ܘܫܐܠܬܟ ܐܝܟ ܠܐ ܝܕܘܥܬܐ‏ : I asked you as if ignorant ; JulSok 293(143):3↗ ܘܡܫܐܠ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܠܐ ܝܕܘܥܐ݂‏
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acquaintance
Syr
LSt.76:14↗ ܝܕܘܥܐ ܕܡܝܬ ܠܗ‏ : an acquaintance of the one who died
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relative
Syr
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It is quite probable that attestations should be divided into two different nominal patterns, i.e., yaddūˁ and yādōˁ, but the traditions seem quite uncertain. Cf. LS2 and JPS.
It is interesting to note (see Levy) that in the Jewish interpretive tradition the ידוע was understood to be a certain animal used in augury.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 562[296]DJPA: 833Jastrow: 564Drower/Macuch: 184aJ. Payne-Smith: 187Levy Ch-W: 1:326Tal Sam: 334

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