Job 15:9:1Job.15.9.W1TAB
מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ
mayadatta
“what you know”
- Transliteration
- ma-ya-DAT-ta
- Extended
- mah-yah-DAHT-tah
- IPA
- /mah.jaˈdaʕt.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what you know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-ya-DAT-ta
- clause
ma-ya-DAT-ta ve-LO ne-DA
- sentence
ma-ya-DAT-ta ve-LO ne-DA ta-VIN ve-LO-im-MA-nu HU
Exegesis
The verse uses two parallel rhetorical questions introduced by mah {מַה | māh} ‘what’.
The first clause contrasts yādaʿtā {יָּדַעְתָּ | yādaʿtā} ‘have you known’ with nēḏaʿ {נֵדָע | nēḏaʿ} ‘we know’, linked by wə-lōʾ {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ to underscore the dispute.
Root and etymology
“to know”
In context — Job 15:9
What have you known that we do not know? What do you understand that is not with us ?
About this coordinate
Job 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:9, so the Hebrew word מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ (mayadatta) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.9.W1.S1) and character.