Proverbs 24:12:3Prov.24.12.W3TAB
לֹא־יָדַ֢עְנ֫וּ
loyadaenu
“we did not know”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-DA-e-nu
- Extended
- loh-yah-DAH-eh-noo
- IPA
- /loː.jaːˈdaʕ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we did not know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ya-DA-e-nu
- clause
ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu
- sentence
ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu ZE ha-lo-TO-khen li-BOT hu-ya-VIN ve-no-TSER NA-fe-she-kha HU ye-DA ve-he-SHIV le-a-DAM ke-fa-a-LO
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-daleph–yod–dalet
“calamity”
In context — Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not He who weighs hearts understand? And He who guards your soul —does He not know? And will He not repay each person according to his work?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 24:12, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יָדַ֢עְנ֫וּ (loyadaenu) 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.24.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.12.W3.S1) and character.