לָמַד
lâmad · law-mad'
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (un-) accustomed, [idiom] diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in
Authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָמַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
86 occurrences · 86 OT · 0 NT · 78 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- teach6 · 13%
- to teach5 · 11%
- and teach5 · 11%
- learn4 · 9%
- and taught3 · 6%
- and learned2 · 4%
- which teacheth2 · 4%
- he teacheth2 · 4%
- neither shall they learn2 · 4%
- that ye may learn1 · 2%
- them teach1 · 2%
- and that they may teach1 · 2%
- that they may learn1 · 2%
- which thou shalt teach1 · 2%
- and learn1 · 2%
- and that they may learn1 · 2%
- that they teach1 · 2%
- thee, thou shalt not learn1 · 2%
- that he may learn1 · 2%
- that thou mayest learn1 · 2%
- and ye shall teach1 · 2%
- for you, and teach1 · 2%
- i have taught1 · 2%
- and skilful1 · 2%
- which i teach1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.