2 Samuel 15:11:102 Sam.15.11.W10TAB
יָדְע֖וּ
yadeu
“they knew”
- Transliteration
- ya-de-U
- Extended
- yaa-deh-OO
- IPA
- /jɔdəˈʕuː/
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-LO ya-de-U
- clause
ve-LO ya-de-U KAL-da-VAR
- sentence
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM ve-LO ya-de-U KAL-da-VAR
Exegesis
In the coordinate clause, velo yad’u {וְלֹא יָדְעוּ | wə-lōʾ yā-ḏə-ʿû} ‘and did not know’ heads their ignorance toward kol davar {כָּל־דָּבָר | kol ḏā-ḇār} ‘any matter’. The repeated vav conjunction links clauses and participles into a rhythmic narrative chain. Formal English clarifies the idiom and passive nuance, while the dynamic rendering integrates participial action for natural flow.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and were walking in their innocence, and they did not know anything about the matter .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word יָדְע֖וּ (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 2 Sam.15.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W10.S1) and character.