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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).

  • 85
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 77
    inflected 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

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Deuteronomy17 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
2 Samuel2 occurrences
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms26 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
Isaiah9 occurrences
Jeremiah13 occurrences
Ezekiel2 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).