Genesis 39:8:7Gen.39.8.W7TAB
לֹא־יָדַ֥ע
loyada
“does not know”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-DA
- Extended
- loh-yah-DAH
- IPA
- /loː.jaˈðaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- does not know
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ya-DA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ya-DA i-TI
- clause
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit ve-KHOL a-sher-yesh-LO na-TAN be-ya-DI
Exegesis
Within the speech, adoni {אֲדֹנִי | ʾă-ḏō-nî} “my master” underscores the personal relationship and loyalty, while the idiom lo yada itti {לֹא־יָדַע אִתִּי | lōʾ yā-ḏaʿ ʾit-tî} literally “does not know with me” conveys that the master does not involve himself in household details managed by Joseph.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Genesis 39:8
But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, my master does not know, with me, what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:8, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יָדַ֥ע (loyada) 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.39.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.8.W7.S1) and character.