how to say “knowledge” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /]יֶדַע
Some words in Hebrew are formed by their three-letter root itself. ידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – knowledge – is one of them.
Here it is in context:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /]הוא רוצה לצבור ידע, להרחיב אופקים.
He wants to accumulate knowledge, to broaden (his) horizons.
Related words include מידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – information, מודיעין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – intelligence (the military kind) and the simple verb לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – to know.
A synonym of ידע is the more archaic word דעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /], also knowledge.