knowledge
mad.da denotes intellectual capacity for judgment and learning, and in one warning a person's inward awareness.
The attested uses chiefly present an intellectual capacity sought for judging a people and granted to qualified learners; one construct-form occurrence places it in a person's inward sphere in a warning against cursing a king.
Senses in use
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Capacity for judgment and learning · dominant
In 2 Chronicles 1:10 the absolute noun is part of Solomon's request before judging the people; the APB renders the request "wisdom and knowledge." In 2 Chronicles 1:11 and 2 Chronicles 1:12, what Solomon requested and received is tied to judging God's people, while Daniel 1:4 and Daniel 1:17 place the noun among the intellectual qualifications and gifts of the youths for literature, wisdom, and prudence.
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One's inward awareness · rare
In Ecclesiastes 10:20, the construct-form noun occurs in the instruction not to curse a king; the APB renders the phrase "in your knowledge," before warning that a bird may carry the voice.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the noun with "knowledge" in the accounts of Solomon and the youths, including "wisdom and knowledge" and "possessing knowledge." In Ecclesiastes 10:20 it renders the construct phrase "in your knowledge"; these are verse-level renderings, definitions.