1 Samuel 20:3:51 Sam.20.3.W5TAB

יָדֹ֤עַ

yadoa

“knowing well”

Transliteration: ya-DO-a
Extended: yaa-DOH-ah
IPA: /jaːˈðoː.aʕ/

Meaning by language

English: knowing well

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יָ + דֹ֤ + עַ

↓

ya + do + a

↓

yadoa

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Dalet	d as in door
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ya-DO-a
phraseyour reading level
ya-DO-a ya-DA-a
clause
va-yish-SHA-va OD da-VID va-YO-mer ya-DO-a ya-DA-a a-VI-kha KI-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha va-YO-mer AL-ye-DA-ZOT ye-ho-na-TAN PEN-ye-A-tsev
sentence
va-yish-SHA-va OD da-VID va-YO-mer ya-DO-a ya-DA-a a-VI-kha KI-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha va-YO-mer AL-ye-DA-ZOT ye-ho-na-TAN PEN-ye-A-tsev ve-u-LAM KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI naf-SHE-kha KI ke-FE-sa be-NI u-VEIN ha-MA-vet

Exegesis

The adversative particle ’ak {אַךְ | ʾaḵ} limits knowledge solely to the father in the perfect yāda‘ {יָדַע | yādaʿ}, while the locative construct be‘ēnêkha {בְּעֵינֶיךָ | beʿēnêḵā} highlights personal favor.

Root and etymology

י־ד־ע

“to know”

In context — 1 Samuel 20:3

And David swore and said, “Only your father knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved on my account.’ Yet truly, as I live , there is but a step between my life and death.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word יָדֹ֤עַ (yadoa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.3.W5.S1) and character.

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