Proverbs 22:20:7Prov.22.20.W7TAB

וָדָֽעַת׃

vadaat

“and knowledge”

Transliteration: va-DA-at
Extended: vaa-DAA-aht
IPA: /waː.ˈðaː.ʕaθ/

Meaning by language

English: and knowledge

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Result

וָ + דָֽ + עַת׃

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va + da + at

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vadaat

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	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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Word in context

word
va-DA-at
clause
be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at
sentence
ha-LO ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at

Exegesis

The numeral shalishim {שָׁלִישִׁים | šā-lî-šim} ‘thirty’ introduces the set of communications, which is then specified by the construct bemoetzot {בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת | bə-mō-‘ē-ṣōṯ} ‘counsels’ and the conjunctive vadaat {וָדָֽעַת | wə-ḏā-‘āṯ} ‘and knowledge’, functioning as a hendiadys that combines quantity and wisdom content.

Root and etymology

y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin

“to know”

In context — Proverbs 22:20

Have I not written to you thirty sayings in counsels and knowledge?

About this coordinate

Proverbs 22:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 22:20, so the Hebrew word וָדָֽעַת׃ (vadaat) 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.22.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.20.W7.S1) and character.

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