לְ/לַמֵּ֣ד
𐤋/𐤋𐤌𐤃
lâmad
to-teach
To learn or to be instructed, and to cause to learn (i.e. to teach); the verb covers both the process of acquiring knowledge/skill through study or experience (learn), as well as causing others to acquire such knowledge or skills (teach, instruct). The core sense is engagement in education, apprenticeship, or discipline, with use both transitive ('to teach') and intransitive ('to learn'). The semantic range includes contexts of formal instruction, habitual learning, apprenticeship in skills, or being trained/accustomed to a practice, as well as the didactic activity of teaching others.
Deuteronomy 6:1 · Word #9
Lexicon H3925
| Lemma | לָמַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤋𐤌𐤃 |
| Transliteration | lâmad |
| Strong's | H3925 |
| Definition | To learn or to be instructed, and to cause to learn (i.e. to teach); the verb covers both the process of acquiring knowledge/skill through study or experience (learn), as well as causing others to acquire such knowledge or skills (teach, instruct). The core sense is engagement in education, apprenticeship, or discipline, with use both transitive ('to teach') and intransitive ('to learn'). The semantic range includes contexts of formal instruction, habitual learning, apprenticeship in skills, or being trained/accustomed to a practice, as well as the didactic activity of teaching others. |
Morphology HR/Vpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to-teach |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3925-12
to teach
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem (intensive/causative), infinitive construct with prefixed ל preposition. |
| Rendering Rationale | In the Piel stem למד expresses the intensive/causative sense "to cause to learn," i.e., to teach or instruct. As an infinitive construct with prefixed ל, it denotes the action "to teach" in a purpose or verbal-noun sense. |
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