1 Samuel 22:17:141 Sam.22.17.W14TAB
יָֽדְעוּ֙
yadeu
“they knew”
- Transliteration
- ya-de-U
- Extended
- yaa-deh-OO
- IPA
- /jaːdəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they knew
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-de-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KI ya-de-U
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Causal conjunctions kî {כִּ֤י | kî} and wə-kî {וְכִ֤י | wə-kî} introduce motives: gam-yādām ʿim Dāwîḏ {גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד | gam-yādām ʿim Dāwîḏ} ‘also their hand is with David’ and yāḏəʿû kî-bōrēaḥ hûʾ {יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא | yāḏəʿû kî-bōrēaḥ hûʾ} ‘they knew that he was fleeing.’
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, power”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said to the runners standing before him, “Turn and put to death the priests of the LORD , for their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not report it to my ear .” But the servants of the king were not willing to send forth their hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 22:17, so the Hebrew word יָֽדְעוּ֙ (yadeu) 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.22.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.17.W14.S1) and character.