לָמַד
la.mad (H3925G)
to learn: teach
AI Word Study
# The Hebrew Word למד (lamad): Learning and Teaching The Hebrew verb למד (lamad) appears 63 times throughout the Bible and carries the fundamental meaning of acquiring knowledge or skill through instruction. The word encompasses both sides of the educational process—the learner's act of learning and the teacher's act of instruction. This dual capacity reflects how the word functioned in ancient Hebrew communication: the same root could describe a student absorbing information or a mentor conveying it, depending on context and grammatical construction. The frequency of this word's appearance—63 occurrences—suggests that learning and teaching were significant concepts in biblical thought and practice. The word's presence across the biblical text indicates that the processes of education and knowledge transmission held enough importance to warrant repeated discussion and reference. Whether describing the acquisition of practical skills, religious instruction, or the internalization of wisdom, למד served as the primary Hebrew term for expressing the fundamental human activity of learning.
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Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.
But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess;
You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
“Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty, that were able to go out to war.
The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you.
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God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,
Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
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