1 Samuel 20:30:91 Sam.20.30.W9TAB
יָדַ֗עְתִּי
yadaeti
“I know”
- Transliteration
- ya-DA-e-ti
- Extended
- yaa-DAH-eh-TEE
- IPA
- /jaːˈðaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ya-DA-e-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
- sentence
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
Exegesis
The rhetorical question ha’im lo yadati {הַאִם לֹא יָדַעְתִּי | hāʾim lōʾ yāḏaʿtī} ‘is it not that I knew’ emphasizes Saul’s certainty.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ע
“to know”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger flared against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman ! Did I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:30, so the Hebrew word יָדַ֗עְתִּי (yadaeti) 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.20.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.30.W9.S1) and character.