Exodus 16:15:10Exod.16.15.W10TAB
יָדְע֖וּ
yadu
“knew”
- Transliteration
- yad-U
- Extended
- yahd-OO
- IPA
- /jað.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- knew
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
yad-U
- phraseyour reading level
LO yad-U
- clause
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA
Exegesis
The causal clause ki lo yad'u mah-hu {כִּי לֹא יָדְעוּ מַה־ה֑וּא | kî lōʾ yā-ḏə-ʿû mah-hûʾ} explains their lack of knowledge.
In context — Exodus 16:15
When the sons of Israel saw it, they said each man to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat ."
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 16:15, so the Hebrew word יָדְע֖וּ (yadu) 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 Exod.16.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.15.W10.S1) and character.