Lexical Definition

‎תָּבוּן‎ tâbûwn (taw-boon') understanding ^H:N-M
and (feminine) תְּבוּנָה tᵉbûwnâh (teb-oo-naw'); or תּוֹבֻנָה tôwbunâh (to-boo-naw'); from ‎בִּין‎

discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.

• intelligence
• by implication, an argument
• by extension, caprice

1) understanding, intelligence
1a) the act of understanding
1a1) skill
1b) the faculty of understanding
1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight
1c) the object of knowledge
1d) teacher (personification)

See Greek: λόγος · φρόνησις · φρόνιμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּבוּנָה‎ noun feminine understanding Deut 32:28 + 27 t.; suffix ‎תְּבוּנָתִי‎ Prov 5:1 + 7 t.; ‎תובנתו‎ Job 26:12 Kt (Qr ‎תְּבוּנָתוֺ‎); ‎תְּבוּנָם‎ Hos 13:2 for ‎תְּבוּנָתָם‎ see De Ps 27:5 ‎תְּבוּנָוֺת‎ Ps 49:4* + 4t.; ‎תְּבוּנוֺתֵיכֶם‎ Job 32:11 —

1. the act Job 26:12; Ps 78:72; Ps 136:5; Prov 3:19; Prov 21:30; Prov 24:3; Jer 10:12 (= Jer 51:15) Ezek 28:4; Hos 13:2; Obad 1:7.

2. the faculty Exod 31:3; Exod 35:31; Exod 36:1 (P) Deut 32:28 (poetry) Job 12:12; Job 12:13; Prov 2:6; Prov 2:11; Prov 28:16; Isa 44:19 ‎אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה‎ Prov 10:23; Prov 15:21; Prov 17:27; Prov 20:5 ‎אִישׁ תְּבוּנוֺת‎ Prov 11:12 (= Obad 1:8 where ‎אישׁ‎ omitted by scribal error); ‎דֶּרֶךְ תְּבוּנָה‎ Isa 40:14.

3. the object of knowledge Prov 2:3; Prov 3:13; Prov 5:1; Prov 14:29; Prov 18:2; Prov 19:8; Ps 49:4*; Ps 147:5; Isa 40:28; 1Kgs 5:9*; 1Kgs 7:14 ‎תטה לבך לתבונה‎ incline thy mind to understanding Prov 2:2 reasons Job 32:11.

4. personified Prov 8:1 as teacher.

‎תְּבוּנָם‎, ‎תובנתו‎ see below ‎תְּבוּנָה‎. above‎בֵּיצָה‎ see below ‎בזץ‎ ‎בַּיִר‎ see below ‎באר‎

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