Qala d'Yeshua · Learn by root · Tier 2
Day 18 of 75 · Perception and response

Y-D-ʿ

yidaʿ: know
ידע
ܝܳܕ݂ܰܥ

The feel

Yidaʿ is settled knowing: not searching, but holding something as known. Perception comes to rest here. Your Father knows what you need before you ask, yet you do not know the day or hour. You are welcome to rest within that clean boundary.

The root family

FormPatternTransliterationScriptStandardQala rendering
The verbpeal (base stem)yidaʿידע ܝܕܥto knowknow, recognize
He knowspeal participleyādaʿידע ܝܳܕ݂ܰܥhe knowsYour Father knows (Matthew 6:8)
Let-it-knowpeal imperfecttedaʿתדע ܬ݁ܶܕ݁ܰܥlet it knowdon't let your left hand know (Matthew 6:3)
You know (plural)peal participle, pluralyādʿinידעין ܝܳܕ݂ܥܺܝܢknowingyou do not know (Matthew 25:13)
Being made knownethpeel imperfectnetidaʿנתידע ܢܶܬ݂ܺܝܕ݂ܰܥwill be knownwon't be made known (Matthew 10:26)
Knowledgenoun (idaʿtā)idaʿtāידעתא ܝܺܕ݂ܰܥܬ݂ܳܐknowledgethe key of knowledge (Luke 11:52)
Paradigm forms are a teaching scaffold from standard Aramaic grammar; corpus-attested words above are drawn from the glossary and interlinear.

The verb stems

StemFormSenseWitness
Pealyidaʿknow, recognizecorpus, throughout (~264×)
Ethpeeletidaʿbe known, be made knowncorpus: Matthew 10:26 (netidaʿ)
Paelnot attested in this corpus
Ethpaalnot attested
Aphelawdaʿmake known, informstandard lexicon; not cited from this corpus
Ettaphalnot attested
Shaphelnot attested
Stem table is a grammar scaffold: how Aramaic bends one root through voice and cause.

In his voice

Matthew 6:8 · interlinear
So don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
yādaʿ ידע ܝܳܕ݂ܰܥ : "he knows." The participle of settled knowledge: the Father's knowing is already complete before the first word of the prayer.
Matthew 6:3 · interlinear
But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
tedaʿ תדע ܬ݁ܶܕ݁ܰܥ : "let it (not) know." The root pushed to a playful extreme: generosity so free of self-watching that even your own hand is out of the loop.
Matthew 25:13 · interlinear
So stay awake, because you do not know the day or the hour.
yādʿin ידעין ܝܳܕ݂ܥܺܝܢ : "you do not know." Where knowing runs out, the instruction is to stay awake.

Practice

Name one real worry. Say slowly, “yādaʿ, he knows.” Breathe, and feel the weight of informing God leave your body.

Say yādaʿ slowly: he knows, before you ask.

Connections

Sh-M-ʿḤ-Z-YSh-ʾ-Lyidaʿ: knowidaʿtā: knowledge
Witness note: the forms above rest on the Peshitta as the primary witness, with Palestinian Aramaic attestation marked where a Western source carries the word.