למד to accustom, to learn.
— Qal - לָמַד 1 he learned; PBH 2 he studied.
— Niph. - נִלֽמַד was taught.
— Pi. - לִמֵּד, לִמַּד 1 he trained, accustomed; 2 he taught.
— Pu. - לֻמַּד was trained, was accustomed.
— Hith. - הִתְלַמֵּד PBH 1 was learned; PBH 2 became trained, became accustomed; NH 3 he learned by himself. [Aram. לְמַד (= he learned), Syr. לֽמַד (= he put together, compiled), לַמֵּד (= he brought together, connected, compiled), Ugar. lmd (= to teach), Ethiop. lamada (= was accustomed), Akka. lamādu (= to learn). The orig. meaning of this base prob. was ‘to prick, sting, incite, goad’ (cp. מַלֽמַד, ‘ox-goad’).] Derivatives: לָמֵד, לֶמֶד, לַמְדָּן, לָמוּד, לִמּוּד ᴵ, לִמּוּד ᴵᴵ, לָמִיד, לֽמִידָה, מַלְמָד, מֽלַמֵּד, מְלֻמָּד, מִתְלַמֵּד, תַּלֽמוּד, תַּלֽמִיד. cp. לָמֶד.