To know — including Hebrew's own euphemism for intimacy ('the man knew his wife,' 4:1). ⚠ Distinct from nakar (see that entry), a different root also glossed 'know/regard' but doing recognition rather than relationship: Jeremiah 24:7 keeps them four verses apart on purpose, God 'regarding' (nakar) the exiles favorably in v5 and then promising them 'a heart to know (yada) me' in v7 — the second is the relational word, spoken of a whole people for the first time in a promise this book later expands into the New Covenant's 'they will all know me' (Jeremiah 31:33). → first discussed at Gen 4:1