Job 21:27:2Job.21.27.W2TAB
יָ֭דַעְתִּי
yadatti
“I know”
- Transliteration
- ya-DAT-ti
- Extended
- yaa-DAT-tih
- IPA
- /jaˈdaʕt.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I know
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-DAT-ti
- clause
HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem
- sentence
HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su
Exegesis
The perfect verb yadati {יָדַעְתִּי | yāḏaʿtî} ‘I have known’ conveys completed awareness.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know”
In context — Job 21:27
Behold, I have known your thoughts and the schemes against me that you devise to wrong me.
About this coordinate
Job 21:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:27, so the Hebrew word יָ֭דַעְתִּי (yadatti) 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.21.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.27.W2.S1) and character.