Word Study · Strong's H3925 · Hebrew
לָמַד
lamad
law-mad'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâmad
“properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Rendered in the KJV as
(un-) accustomed, [idiom] diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).
- 85occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 77inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 85 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 77
- לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃4
- לַמְּדֵ֥נִי3
- וַיִּלְמַ֥ד2
- לְלַמֵּ֣ד2
- מְלַמֵּ֥ד2
- אֶלְמַ֥ד1
- אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה1
- אֲלַמֶּדְכֶֽם׃1
- אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם1
- בְּ֝לָמְדִ֗י1
- הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד1
- הַֽמְלַמֵּ֣ד1
and 65 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 65
- teach me9
- to teach4
- they will learn3
- [he has] trained2
- and did he teach? him2
- and it learned2
- and teach me2
- and they taught2
- they will learn !2
- you learn2
- [am] about to teach1
- [are] trained of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 58
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular9
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)4
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- Hc/Vpw3mp2
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms2
- Hc/Vqw3ms2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpv2ms/Sp1bs · 9
- HR/Vpcc · 4
- HVprmsa · 3
- HVqi3mp · 3
- HC/Vpcc · 2
- HC/Vpv2ms/Sp1bs · 2
- Hc/Vpw3mp · 2
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 2
- HTd/Vprmsa · 2
- HVpi3mp · 2
- HVpp2fs · 2
All 85, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms26 of 85 · 31%
- Deuteronomy17 of 85 · 20%
- Jeremiah13 of 85 · 15%
- Isaiah9 of 85 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles3 of 85 · 4%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy17 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:1מְלַמֵּ֥דmelamedverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.here: [am] about to teach
- Deuteronomy 4:5לִמַּ֣דְתִּיlimadtiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularSee, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.here: I have taught
- Deuteronomy 4:10יִלְמְד֜וּןyilmedunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThe day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”here: they will learn !
- Deuteronomy 4:10יְלַמֵּדֽוּן׃yelamedunverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThe day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”here: they will teach !
- Deuteronomy 4:14לְלַמֵּ֣דlelamedpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.here: to teach
- Deuteronomy 5:1וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣םulemadtemHc/Vqq2mpThen Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.here: and you will learn
- Deuteronomy 5:31תְּלַמְּדֵ֑םtelamedemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBut you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”here: you will teach them
- Deuteronomy 6:1לְלַמֵּ֣דlelamedpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,here: to teach
- Deuteronomy 11:19וְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥םvelimadtemHc/Vpq2mpTeach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.here: and you will teach
- Deuteronomy 14:23תִּלְמַ֗דtilmadverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularAnd you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.here: you may learn
- Deuteronomy 17:19יִלְמַ֗דyilmadverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularIt is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.here: he may learn
- Deuteronomy 18:9תִלְמַ֣דtilmadverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.here: you will learn
- Deuteronomy 20:18יְלַמְּד֤וּyelameduverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralso that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.here: they may teach
- Deuteronomy 31:12יִלְמְד֗וּyilmeduverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluralAssemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.here: they may learn
- Deuteronomy 31:13וְלָ֣מְד֔וּvelameduHc/Vqq3cpThen their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”here: and they will learn
- Deuteronomy 31:19וְלַמְּדָ֥הּvelamedahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularNow therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.here: and teach it
- Deuteronomy 31:22וַֽיְלַמְּדָ֖הּvaylamedahHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fsSo that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.here: and he taught it
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:18לְלַמֵּ֥דlelamedpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:here: to teach
- 2 Samuel 22:35מְלַמֵּ֥דmelamedverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.here: [he has] trained
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:18וּלְמוּדֵ֖יulemudeiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.here: and [who] were trained of
- 1 Chronicles 25:7מְלֻמְּדֵי־melumedei-verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.here: trained of
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 17:7לְלַמֵּ֖דlelamedpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,here: to teach
- 2 Chronicles 17:9וַֽיְלַמְּדוּ֙vaylameduHc/Vpw3mpThey taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.here: and they taught
- 2 Chronicles 17:9וַֽיְלַמְּד֖וּvaylameduHc/Vpw3mpThey taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.here: and they taught
Psalms26 occurrences
- Psalms 18:34מְלַמֵּ֣דmelamedverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.here: [he has] trained
- Psalms 25:4לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃lamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularShow me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.here: teach me
- Psalms 25:5וְֽלַמְּדֵ֗נִיvelamedeniconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularGuide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.here: and teach me
- Psalms 25:9וִֽילַמֵּ֖דvilamedHC/Vpu3msHe guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.here: so he may teach
- Psalms 34:11אֲלַמֶּדְכֶֽם׃ʾalamedkhemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralCome, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.here: I will teach you
- Psalms 51:13אֲלַמְּדָ֣הʾalamedahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularThen I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.here: I will teach
- Psalms 71:17לִמַּדְתַּ֥נִיlimadtaniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularO God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.here: you have taught me
- Psalms 94:10הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖דhamlamedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?here: the [one who] teaches
- Psalms 94:12תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃telammedenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBlessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,here: you teach him
- Psalms 106:35וַֽ֝יִּלְמְד֗וּvaiyilmeduHc/Vqw3mpbut they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.here: and they learned
- Psalms 119:7בְּ֝לָמְדִ֗יbelamedipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.here: when learn I
- Psalms 119:12לַמְּדֵ֥נִיlamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBlessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:26לַמְּדֵ֥נִיlamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:64לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃lamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:66לַמְּדֵ֑נִיlamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularTeach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:68לַמְּדֵ֥נִיlamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:71אֶלְמַ֥דʾelmadverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 1st person common singularIt was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.here: I may learn
- Psalms 119:73וְאֶלְמְדָ֥הveelmedahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularYour hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.here: so let me learn
- Psalms 119:99מְלַמְּדַ֥יmelamedaiverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.here: teachers my
- Psalms 119:108לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃lamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAccept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:124לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃lamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularDeal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.here: teach me
- Psalms 119:135וְ֝לַמְּדֵ֗נִיvelamedeniconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMake Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.here: and teach me
- Psalms 119:171תְלַמְּדֵ֣נִיtelamedeniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.here: you teach me
- Psalms 132:12אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥םʾalamedemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIf your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”here: I will teach them
- Psalms 143:10לַמְּדֵ֤נִי׀lamedeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularTeach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.here: teach me
- Psalms 144:1הַֽמְלַמֵּ֣דhamlamedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBlessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.here: who trains
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 5:13וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יvelimlamedaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.here: and to teachers my
- Proverbs 30:3לָמַ֥דְתִּיlamadtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularI have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.here: I have learned
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 3:8מְלֻמְּדֵ֖יmelumedeiverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.here: [are] trained of
- Song of Solomon 8:2תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִיtelamedeniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.here: [who] she taught me
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:17לִמְד֥וּlimduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralLearn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”here: you learn
- Isaiah 2:4יִלְמְד֥וּyilmeduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.here: they will learn
- Isaiah 26:9לָמְד֖וּlameduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralMy soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.here: they learn
- Isaiah 26:10לָמַ֣דlamadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThough grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.here: he learns
- Isaiah 29:13מְלֻמָּדָֽה׃melumadahverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singularTherefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.here: [which] has been taught
- Isaiah 29:24יִלְמְדוּ־yilmedu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”here: they will learn
- Isaiah 40:14וַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּvaylamedehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3msWhom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?here: and did he teach? him
- Isaiah 40:14וַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּvaylamedehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3msWhom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?here: and did he teach? him
- Isaiah 48:17מְלַמֶּדְךָ֣melamedkhaverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.here: [who] teaches you
Jeremiah13 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:33לִמַּ֖דְתְּlimadtiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularHow skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.here: you have taught
- Jeremiah 9:5לִמְּד֧וּlimeduverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralEach one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.here: they have taught
- Jeremiah 9:14לִמְּד֖וּםlimedumverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralInstead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”here: they taught them
- Jeremiah 9:20וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָהvelamedenahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine pluralNow, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.here: and teach
- Jeremiah 10:2תִּלְמָ֔דוּtilmaduverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluralThis is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.here: you learn
- Jeremiah 12:16לָמֹ֣דlamodverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteAnd if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.here: certainly [if] learn
- Jeremiah 12:16יִלְמְדוּ֩yilmeduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.here: they will learn
- Jeremiah 12:16לִמְּדוּ֙limeduverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.here: they taught
- Jeremiah 13:21לִמַּ֨דְתְּlimadtverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularWhat will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?here: you taught
- Jeremiah 31:18לֻמָּ֑דlumadverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularI have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.here: it had been trained
- Jeremiah 31:34יְלַמְּד֣וּyelameduverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralNo longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”here: they will teach
- Jeremiah 32:33וְלַמֵּ֤דvelamedconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.here: and I taught
- Jeremiah 32:33וְלַמֵּ֔דvelamedconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.here: and teaching
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 19:3וַיִּלְמַ֥דvaiyilmadHc/Vqw3msShe brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.here: and it learned
- Ezekiel 19:6וַיִּלְמַ֥דvaiyilmadHc/Vqw3msHe prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.here: and it learned
