Job 20:4:2Job.20.4.W2TAB
יָ֭דַעְתָּ
yadata
“you knew”
- Transliteration
- ya-DA-ta
- Extended
- yaa-DAH-tah
- IPA
- /jaːˈdaʕ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you knew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ya-DA-ta
- clause
ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD
- sentence
ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD mi-NI SIM a-DAM a-le-A-rets
Exegesis
The perfect verb yadata {יָדַעְתָּ | yā-daʿ-tā} ‘you have known’ presents the knowledge as something already established, sharpening the rebuke.
Root and etymology
י־ד־עyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, recognize”
In context — Job 20:4
Have you known this from old , since humankind was set upon the earth?
About this coordinate
Job 20:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:4, so the Hebrew word יָ֭דַעְתָּ (yadata) 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.20.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.4.W2.S1) and character.