לָמַד lamad

Hebrew word for “to learn” · Strong’s H3925 · used 86 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

: teach; 1) to learn.

Senses in the lexicon

• to learn: teach (63)
• to learn: learn (23)

How it is translated

Glosses given for lamad in context, with how often each is used:

• teach 23
• taught 8
• will teach 6
• will learn 6
• have taught 4
• may learn 4
• trained 3
• learned 3
• learn 3
• may teach 2
• has trained 2
• teachers 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (13), Deuteronomy 4 (4), Deuteronomy 31 (4), Psalms 25 (3), Jeremiah 9 (3), Deuteronomy 5 (2), 2 Chronicles 17 (2), Psalms 94 (2), Isaiah 26 (2), Isaiah 29 (2)

Forms

• למדני 9
• ילמדו 6
• ללמד 5
• למד 4
• למדו 4
• מלמד 3
• ילמדון 3
• מלמדי 3
• וילמדו 3
• וילמד 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lamad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֹק choq “statute” 16
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 13
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 7
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 12
• מַעַן maan “because” 8
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 10
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 8
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 6
• יָדַע yada “to know” 8
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 5
• דָּרַךְ darakh “to tread” 4

Key verses

The verses using lamad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Deuteronomy 4:5 — Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
• Psalms 25:5 — Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Psalms 60:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of…
• Psalms 71:17 — O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Psalms 143:10 — Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Isaiah 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants…
• Isaiah 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me,…
• Isaiah 48:17 — Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou…
• Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Micah 4:3 — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.