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Amidah (Da'at):
Deconstruction
Connect modern state verbs to classical forms of דעת and בינה.
Line-by-line breakdown · 5
- אַתָּה חוֹנֵן ('You graciously give') — חוֹנֵן is a Pa'al participle (a state-verb form), addressed to 'You'.
- לְאָדָם דַּעַת — inseparable לְ ('to') + אָדָם, then דַּעַת ('knowledge') — the noun behind modern יוֹדֵעַ ('know', root י-ד-ע).
- וּמְלַמֵּד ('and teaches') — conjunction וּ + a Pi'el participle from ל-מ-ד (cf. Week 6).
- לֶאֱנוֹשׁ בִּינָה — 'to mankind understanding'; בִּינָה is the noun behind modern מֵבִין ('understand', root ב-י-ן).
- Two of your state verbs (יוֹדֵעַ, מֵבִין) trace straight to these liturgical nouns דַּעַת and בִּינָה.