Genesis 19:8:6Gen.19.8.W6TAB
לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ֙
loyadeu
“have not known”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-de-U
- Extended
- loh-yah-deh-OO
- IPA
- /loː.jaːð.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have not known
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| 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
lo-ya-de-U
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-ya-de-U
- clause
hi-neh-NA LI she-TE va-NOT a-SHER lo-ya-de-U ISH o-tsi-a-NA e-te-HEN a-lei-KHEM va-a-SU la-HEN ka-TOV be-ei-nei-KHEM
- sentence
hi-neh-NA LI she-TE va-NOT a-SHER lo-ya-de-U ISH o-tsi-a-NA e-te-HEN a-lei-KHEM va-a-SU la-HEN ka-TOV be-ei-nei-KHEM RAK la-a-na-SHIM ha-EL al-ta-a-SU da-VAR ki-al-KEN ba-U be-TSEL ko-ra-TI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo-yad'u ish {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ | ʾă-šer lōʾ-yā-ḏə-ʿû ʾîš} employs the euphemistic idiom ‘not known a man’ for sexual inexperience.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Genesis 19:8
Behold, please, I have two daughters who have not known a man . Let me, please, bring them out to you, and you may do to them as is good in your eyes . Only, do not do anything to these men, because for this reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:8, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ֙ (loyadeu) 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.19.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.8.W6.S1) and character.