Proverbs 14:7:5Prov.14.7.W5TAB
וּבַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ
uvalyadata
“and not you have known or you will know”
- Transliteration
- u-val-ya-DA-ta
- Extended
- oo-vahl-yah-DAH-tah
- IPA
- /u.val.jaˈðaʕ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not you have known or you will know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
u-val-ya-DA-ta
- clause
u-val-ya-DA-ta sif-TE-DA-at
- sentence
LEKH mi-NE-ged le-ISH ke-SIL u-val-ya-DA-ta sif-TE-DA-at
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-bal {וּבַל־ | wə-bal} ‘and not, lest’ plus the perfect yā-ḏa‘ṯā {יָדַעְתָּ | yā-ḏa‘ṯā} ‘you have known’ introduces a negative conditional clause.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Proverbs 14:7
Leave the presence of a foolish man when you see there are no lips of knowledge in him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:7, so the Hebrew word וּבַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ (uvalyadata) 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.14.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.7.W5.S1) and character.