Proverbs 1:22:9Prov.1.22.W9TAB
יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃
yisneudaat
“they hate knowledge”
- Transliteration
- yis-ne-U-da-AT
- Extended
- yihs-neh-OO-daa-AT
- IPA
- /jisnəˈʔuː.daːˈʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- they hate knowledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ne-U-da-AT
- clause
u-khe-si-LIM yis-ne-U-da-AT
- sentence
ad-ma-TAI pe-ta-YIM te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM u-khe-si-LIM yis-ne-U-da-AT
Exegesis
Each clause links a verb expressing preference—love (Qal imperfect teʾehavū), have desired (Qal perfect ḥāmaḏû), and hate (Qal imperfect yisnᵉʾû)—to its object: simplicity (petî {פֶתִי | peṯî}), mockery (lāṣôn {לָצוֹן | lāṣôn}), and knowledge (daʿāṯ {דָעַת | daʿāṯ}). The second clause features a verb–subject inversion for emphasis, while the third clause maintains the interrogative pattern by repeating the interrogative marker. This tripartite parallelism intensifies the rebuke, and the English retains the confrontational tone across all three questions.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿYod, Dalet, Ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you simple ones , will you love simplicity? And scoffers, how long will you desire mockery for yourselves? And how long will fools hate knowledge ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 1:22, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃ (yisneudaat) 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 Prov.1.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.22.W9.S1) and character.