Meaning1. What a person knows from learning or from life.
2. What a person thinks about something; an opinion.
3. A person's mind or way of thinking.
HistoryThe word "da'at" comes from a root that means "to know". It appears many times in the Bible. For example, in the story of Adam and Eve, they eat from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil". The meaning is very similar to today: knowing things.
What the people thought changed the decision.