וּֽ/לֲ/לַמְּדָ֥/ם

𐤅/𐤋/𐤋𐤌𐤃/𐤌

lâmad

and to teach them

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.

H3925

Daniel 1:4 · Word #23

Lexicon H3925

Lemmaלָמַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤌𐤃
Transliterationlâmad
Strong'sH3925
DefinitionTo 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 HC/R/Vpc/Sp3mp 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

Phraseand to teach them

SIBI-P1 Translation H3925-32

and to instruct them

Morphological NotesPiel infinitive construct with prefixed conjunction ו and preposition ל; 3rd person masculine plural pronominal suffix ("them").
Rendering RationaleThe Piel stem expresses intensive or causative teaching—actively causing others to learn. The infinitive construct with prefixed conjunction ו and ל plus the 3rd masculine plural suffix yields "and to instruct them."

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