tavun · understanding

What it means

tavun (תָּבוּן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “understanding”.

The ability to understand and to find the right way.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Knowing how to grasp things and act well.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• understanding ×21
• insight ×20
• reasonings ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×3
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Kings×2
• Job×4
• Psalms×4
• Proverbs×19
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×1
• Hosea×1
• Obadiah×2

• Exodus 31:3

  and I have filled him with the spirit of Elohim, with wisdom, and with understanding, and with knowledge, and with all kinds of work,

• Exodus 35:31

  and he has filled him with the spirit of Elohim, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge, and with all kinds of work,

• Exodus 36:1

  “And Bezalel and Oholiab and every man wise of heart, in whom YHWH has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that YHWH has commanded.”

• Deuteronomy 32:28

  For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

• 1 Kings 4:29

  And Elohim gave Solomon wisdom and understanding in very great measure, and breadth of heart like the sand that is on the shore of the sea.

• 1 Kings 7:14

  He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and knowledge to do every work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

• Job 12:12

  With the very old is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

• Job 12:13

  With him are wisdom and might; to him belong counsel and understanding.

• Job 26:12

  By his strength he stilled the sea, and by his insight he shattered Rahab.

• Job 32:11

  Look, I waited for your words, I gave ear to your reasonings, while you searched out words.

• Psalms 49:3

  My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

• Psalms 78:72

  And he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and with the understanding of his palms he led them.

• Psalms 136:5

  to him who made the heavens with understanding, for his loyal love is forever.

• Psalms 147:5

  Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; to his understanding there is no number.

• Proverbs 2:2

  making your ear attentive to wisdom, and incline your heart to insight;

• Proverbs 2:3

  if truly you call out to understanding, and raise your voice to insight;

• Proverbs 2:6

  For YHWH gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and insight.

• Proverbs 2:11

  Discretion will watch over you; insight will guard you,

• Proverbs 3:13

  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who obtains insight;

• Proverbs 3:19

  YHWH by wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens by insight.

• Proverbs 5:1

  My son, to my wisdom be attentive; to my insight incline your ear,

• Proverbs 8:1

  Does not wisdom call out, and insight raise her voice?

• Proverbs 10:23

  Like sport to the senseless one is doing infamy, and wisdom to a man of insight.

• Proverbs 11:12

  Whoever despises his neighbor is lacking in sense, but a man of insight keeps silent.

• Proverbs 14:29

  One who is slow to anger is great in insight, but one who is short of spirit exalts folly.

• Proverbs 15:21

  Folly is joy to one who is lacking in sense, but a man of insight makes straight his going.

• Proverbs 17:27

  Whoever holds back his sayings knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of insight.

• Proverbs 18:2

  The senseless takes no pleasure in insight, but only in revealing his heart.

• Proverbs 19:8

  Whoever acquires sense loves his soul; whoever keeps insight will find good.

• Proverbs 20:5

  Deep waters is counsel in the heart of a man, but a man of insight will draw it out.

• Proverbs 21:30

  There is no wisdom, and no insight, and no counsel against YHWH.

• Proverbs 24:3

  By wisdom a house is built, and by insight it is established;

• Proverbs 28:16

  A prince lacking insight is also great in oppressions; whoever hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

• Isaiah 40:14

  With whom did he take counsel, that he might make him understand and teach him in the path of justice, and teach him knowledge, and make known to him the way of understanding?

• Isaiah 40:28

  Do you not know, or have you not heard? The eternal Elohim is YHWH, Creator of the ends of the earth; he does not grow tired nor weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

• Isaiah 44:19

  And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?”

• Jeremiah 10:12

  He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

• Jeremiah 51:15

  He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

• Ezekiel 28:4

  by your wisdom and by your understanding you have made for yourself wealth, and you have made gold and silver in your treasuries;

• Hosea 13:2

  And now they keep sinning, and they have made for themselves a cast image from their silver, idols according to their understanding, the work of craftsmen, all of it; to them they say, “Those who sacrifice human beings, let them kiss calves.”

And 2 more times.