Genesis 19:33:10Gen.19.33.W10TAB
וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע
veloyada
“He did not know”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-ya-DA
- Extended
- veh-loh-yah-DAH
- IPA
- /və.loː.jaːˈðaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- He did not know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-ya-DA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
- sentence
va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
Exegesis
The negated clause velo yada {וְלֹא־יָדַע | wə-lō-yā-ḏaʿ} ‘and he did not know’ is followed by beshikhvah {בְּשִׁכְבָהּ | bə-šiḵ-ḇāh} ‘in her lying down’ and uvkumah {וּבְקוּמָהּ | û-ḇə-qû-māh} ‘and in her rising up’, which function as temporal phrases rendered as “when she lay down” and “when she got up,” underscoring his complete unawareness.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Genesis 19:33
So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the elder daughter came in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:33:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:33, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע (veloyada) 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.19.33.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.33.W10.S1) and character.