Job 14:21:4Job.14.21.W4TAB

יֵדָ֑ע

yeda

he knows

Transliteration
ye-DA
Extended
yeh-DAA
IPA
/jeːˈdaːʕ/

Meaning by language

English
he knows

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יֵ + דָ֑ע
ye + da
yeda

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-DA

  2. clause

    yikh-be-DU va-NAV ve-LO ye-DA

  3. sentence

    yikh-be-DU va-NAV ve-LO ye-DA ve-yits-e-A-RU ve-LO-ya-VIN la-MO

Exegesis

The verse is built as a balanced parallelism: a first clause describes the sons’ changed status (yikhbedu {יִכְבְּד֣וּ | yiḵbədû} ‘they will be honored’), followed by a negated cognition clause (velo yeda {וְלֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע | wə-lō yēdaʿ} ‘but he does not know’).

Root and etymology

consonantsyod–dalet–ayin

to know

In contextJob 14:21

His sons may be honored, but he does not know; and they may be brought low, but he does not understand about them.

About this coordinate

Job 14:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:21, so the Hebrew word יֵדָ֑ע (yeda) 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 Job.14.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.21.W4.S1) and character.