1 Samuel 20:33:61 Sam.20.33.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֙דַע֙
vayeda
“and he knew”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-DA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-DAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈdaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he knew
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-DA
- clause
va-ye-DA ye-ho-na-TAN KI-kha-LA HI me-IM a-VIV le-ha-MIT ET-da-VID
- sentence
va-YA-teL sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT a-LAV le-ha-KO-to va-ye-DA ye-ho-na-TAN KI-kha-LA HI me-IM a-VIV le-ha-MIT ET-da-VID
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with the vav-consecutive perfect wayyada‘ {וַיָּדַע | way·yā·ḏa‘} ‘and he knew,’ introducing a result clause.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ע
“to know”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to strike him, and Jonathan knew that his father desired to put David to death.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:33, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (vayeda) 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.20.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.33.W6.S1) and character.