Job 22:13:2Job.22.13.W2TAB
מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע
mayada
“what does he know”
- Transliteration
- ma-ya-DA
- Extended
- mah-yah-DAH
- IPA
- /mah.jaˈdaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what does he 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-ya-DA
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta ma-ya-DA EL
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ma-ya-DA EL ha-ve-AD a-ra-FEL yish-POT
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מַה־ | māh} ‘what’ launches a rhetorical challenge to divine understanding.
The Qal perfect yadaʿ {יָּ֣דַֽע | yāḏaʿ} ‘knew’ governs ʾēl {אֵ֑ל | ʾēl} ‘God’, highlighting omniscience.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know”
In context — Job 22:13
Yet you say, “What does God know? Will He judge through darkness ?”
About this coordinate
Job 22:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 22:13, so the Hebrew word מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע (mayada) 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.22.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.13.W2.S1) and character.