to meet

– For the Hebrews, this word means much more than pure intellectual perception. It includes the idea of ​​participation, experience and, for this reason, it is particularly applied to designate the sexual act.

Isaiah speaks of the knowledge of suffering; Jeremiah speaks of the knowledge of the power of God. In this sense, the man knows the woman:

Is 53,3 : He was despised, he was the scum of mankind, a man of sorrows, experienced in suffering.

Jer 16:21 : I will show them my hand and my power, so that they may know that my name is the Lord.

Gen 4:1.17 : Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain.

1Sm 1,20 : Elkanah knew Anna, his wife, and the Lord remembered her.

Mt 1:25 : And without his knowing her, she gave birth to his son, who was named Jesus.

Lk 1:34 : Mary asked the angel: “How can this be done, since I do not know a man?”.

Gen 19:5 : Lead them to us so that we may know them.

Judg 11:39 : After the period, he returned to his father and he fulfilled the vow he had made. She hadn’t known a man.

Jz 19,22.25 : Bring out the man who entered your house so that we may know him!

Jt 16:22 : She added courage to chastity, […] she never […] knew another man since Manasseh, her husband, died.