יְדַע yᵉdaʻ — (Aramaic) corresponding to H3045
Translated in the KJV as certify, know, make known, teach.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H3045.
yᵉdaʻ in each stem
Haph'el
Perfect (qatal) 8Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Infinitive construct 6Participle (active) 3
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
Pe'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Participle (active) 5Perfect (qatal) 5Participle (passive) 1Imperative 1
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Pe'il
Participle (passive) 3
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›