2 Samuel 14:20:152 Sam.14.20.W15TAB
לָדַ֖עַת
ladaat
“to know”
- Transliteration
- la-da-AT
- Extended
- laa-dah-AHT
- IPA
- /laːdaˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- to know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-da-AT
- clause
va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
- sentence
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive lada’at {לָדַעַת | lā-da‘-at ‘to know’} expresses purpose, linked to the relative clause et-kol-asher ba-aretz {אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ | ’et-kōl ’ă-šer bā-’ā-reṣ ‘all that is in the land’}, emphasizing the breadth of divine-like knowledge.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:20
For the sake of turning the course of this matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God , to know all that is in the land .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word לָדַ֖עַת (ladaat) 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 2 Sam.14.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.20.W15.S1) and character.