Judges 18:5:5Judg.18.5.W5TAB
וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה
venedea
“that we may know”
- Transliteration
- ve-ne-de-A
- Extended
- veh-nee-deh-AH
- IPA
- /vənɛːdʕaːˈ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that we may know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ne-de-A
- clause
ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The cohortative veneda {וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה | wə·nē·ḏāh} ‘let us know’ expresses communal desire for insight.
In context — Judges 18:5
And they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will succeed.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (venedea) 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 Judg.18.5.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.5.W5.S1) and character.