Lexical Summary daath: knowledge Original Word: דַּעַתTransliteration: daath Phonetic Spelling: (dah'-ath) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: knowledge Meaning: knowledge Strong's Concordance cunning, ignorantly, knowledge, unawares wittingly From yada'; knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly). see HEBREW yada' Brown-Driver-Briggs H1847. daath דַּ֫עַת noun femininePsalm 139:6 Daniel 12:4 (masculine Proverbs 2:10; 14:6, possibly Job 33:3 Ew§174 g) knowledge (properly Infinitive, which appears clearly Genesis 2:9, 17; Jeremiah 22:16) — absolute דַּ֫עַת Genesis 2:9 35t.; דָּ֑עַת Joshua 20:3 35t.; construct דַּ֫עַת Numbers 24:16 10t.; suffix דַּעְתִּי Proverbs 22:17; דַּעְתְּךָ Job 10:7; דַּעְתֵּךְ Isaiah 47:10; דַּעְתּוֺ Proverbs 3:20; Isaiah 53:11; דַּעְתְּכֶם Job 13:2; דַּעְתָּם Isaiah 44:25; — 1. a. knowledge, perception in phrase ד ׳בִּבְלִי Deuteronomy 4:42 = unintenionally, 19:4; Joshua 20:3 (where P's synonym is בִּשְׁגָגָה 20:3; 20:9, compare Numbers 35:11, 15), 35:5; without knowing ד ׳מִבְּלִי Isaiah 5:13 ( = before they knew it, suddenly). b. = skill (in work-manship) Exodus 31:3; 35:31 (both P; both "" תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה), 1 Kings 7:14 (followed by infinitive); creative skill Isaiah 40:14 ("" תְּבוּנוֺת דֶּרֶךְ מִשְׁמָּט, אֹרַח). c. of prophetic knowledge ד ׳יֹדֵעַ עליון Numbers 24:16 (JE), compare Psalm 19:3. d. especially knowledge with moral quality Genesis 2:9, 17 (J; in both verbal force, ׳הַדּ וָרַע טוֺב the knowing good and evil). e. knowledge possessed by God Job 10:7; Psalm 139:6; Proverbs 3:20 ("" חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה), 21:12; taught by God to men Psalm 94:10; 119:66 ("" טַעַם טוּב), Proverbs 2:6 ("" תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה). feminine דַּעַתרֿוּחַ = windy (unreal) knowledge Job 15:2. 2 especially in Wisdom Literature = discernment, understanding, wisdom: a. Job 13:2; 33:3 (׳ד שְׂפָתַי), בְּדַעַת לֹא 34:35("" חכמה), Proverbs 8:9-10, ("" מוסר), 10:4; 11:9; 18:15 (twice in verse); 22:12; 29:7, compare Isaiah 32:4; 53:11; Jeremiah 10:14 = 51:17; דעת בבלי Job 35:16; 36:12; ד ׳בלי 38:2; 42:3, ד ׳בְּלֹא Proverbs 19:2; "" תְּבוּנָה 17:27; Isaiah 44:19; ׳ת + חכמה Proverbs 24:4, "" מְזִמָּה 1:4; 5:2; ׳ד מְזִמּוֺת 8:12; "" verb עָרַם 19:25; "" מֹצֵעוֺת 22:20; "" מוּסָר 12:1; 19:27; 23:12; "" תּוֺרָה Malachi 2:7; "" חכמה Proverbs 14:6; Ecclesiastes 1:16, 18; 2:21, 26; 7:12; 9:10: connected with חָכָם Proverbs 21:11; Ecclesiastes 12:9; חכמים דברי Proverbs 22:17; Isaiah 33:6 (חכמת) 44:25 (חכמים); wisdom of magicians 47:10; Daniel 1:4 ("" חָכְמָה and מַדָּע). b. in highest sense, knowledge of God (including obedience) Hosea 4:1, 6 (הַדַּעַת מִבְּלִי), 4:6; 6:6; Job 21:14; Proverbs 2:5 ("" י ׳יראת), so Isaiah 11:2; 58:2; Jeremiah 22:16 (verbal force, with accusative), Proverbs 9:10 (׳ד קדשׁים, "" י ׳יראת), 30:3 (id., "" חָכְמָה); see also י ׳יִרְאַת ד ׳ראשׁית 1:7 ("" מוּסָר חָכְמָה), 1:22; 1:29 ("" י ׳יִרְאַת) 2:10 ("" חָכְמָה). c. opposed to אִוֶּלֶת Proverbs 12:23; 13:16; 14:18; 15:2 compare 15:7, also 15:14. d. ׳שִׂפְתֵידֿ Proverbs 14:7; 20:15; ד ׳אישׁ 24:5 ("" חָכָם גֶּבֶר). — Daniel 12:4 is dubious; ᵐ5 Bev read הָרָעֹת ותרכה. |