1 Samuel 20:39:21 Sam.20.39.W2TAB
לֹא־יָדַ֣ע
loyada
“did not know”
- Transliteration
- lo-YA-da
- Extended
- loh-YAA-dah
- IPA
- /loːˈjaːdaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-YA-da
- phraseyour reading level
lo-YA-da me-u-MA
- clause
ve-ha-NA-ar lo-YA-da me-u-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-NA-ar lo-YA-da me-u-MA AT ye-ho-NA-tan ve-da-VID ya-de-U et-ha-da-VAR
Exegesis
The negator lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ precedes the Qal perfect yā-ḏaʿ {יָדַע | yā-ḏaʿ} ‘he knew’, forming a negated verbal clause.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ע
“to know”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:39
But the youth knew nothing ; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:39, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יָדַ֣ע (loyada) 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.20.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.39.W2.S1) and character.