Hosea 13:5:2Hos.13.5.W2TAB
יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ
yedaetikha
“I knew you”
- Transliteration
- ye-DA-e-ti-KHA
- Extended
- yeh-DAH-eh-tih-KHAA
- IPA
- /jə.ˈdaʕ.tiː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I knew you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ye-DA-e-ti-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI ye-DA-e-ti-KHA
- clause
a-NI ye-DA-e-ti-KHA ba-mID-baR
- sentence
a-NI ye-DA-e-ti-KHA ba-mID-baR be-E-rets ta-le-U-vot
Exegesis
The Qal perfect yedatikha {יְדַעְתִּיךָ | yə-daʿ-tî-ḵā} ‘knew you’ carries relational knowledge with ongoing covenant implications.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet–ayin
“to know relationally”
In context — Hosea 13:5
I knew you in the wilderness, in a land of parched hardship.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Hosea 13:5, so the Hebrew word יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ (yedaetikha) 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 Hos.13.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.5.W2.S1) and character.