Genesis 15:13:3Gen.15.13.W3TAB
יָדֹ֨עַ
yadoa
“surely”
- Transliteration
- ya-DO-a
- Extended
- yah-DOH-ah
- IPA
- /jaːˈdoː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-DO-a
- phraseyour reading level
ya-DO-a te-DA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Exegesis
The paired construction yadoa teda {יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע | yā-ḏō-aʿ tē-ḏaʿ} combines a Qal infinitive absolute and a matching imperfect for emphatic force, ‘know for certain.’
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿ
“to know, perceive”
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word יָדֹ֨עַ (yadoa) 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 Gen.15.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W3.S1) and character.