Jeremiah 17:9:7Jer.17.9.W7TAB
יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃
yedaenu
“can know it”
- Transliteration
- ye-da-E-nu
- Extended
- yeh-dah-EH-noo
- IPA
- /jeː.daˈʕɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- can know it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-da-E-nu
- clause
MI ye-da-E-nu
- sentence
A-kov ha-LEV mi-KOL ve-a-NUSH HU MI ye-da-E-nu
Exegesis
The question mi yedaennu {מִי יֵדָעֶנּוּ | mî yē-ḏā-ʿen-nū} poses a rhetorical question in the imperfect, suggesting a continuing inability to fully know the heart. In English, the predicate adjective is moved after the subject to conform to standard syntax, and the semicolon links the descriptive clause to the rhetorical question in both reconstructions.
Root and etymology
Rooty-d-‘
“to know, perceive, understand”
In context — Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and incurably sick; who can know it ?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 17:9, so the Hebrew word יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ (yedaenu) 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 Jer.17.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.9.W7.S1) and character.