Proverbs 24:22:7Prov.24.22.W7TAB
יוֹדֵֽעַ׃
yodea
“knows”
- Transliteration
- yo-DE-a
- Extended
- yoh-DEH-ah
- IPA
- /joːˈðeː.ʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- knows
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-DE-a
- phraseyour reading level
MI yo-DE-a
- clause
u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a
- sentence
KI-fit-OM ya-KUM e-DAM u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a
Exegesis
The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ together with the participle yōḏēaʿ {יוֹדֵעַ | yōḏēaʿ} ‘knows’ forms a rhetorical question that underscores human inability to anticipate complete destruction.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ʿayin
“to know”
In context — Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity will arise suddenly, and the ruin of both of them—who knows?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 24:22, so the Hebrew word יוֹדֵֽעַ׃ (yodea) 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.24.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.22.W7.S1) and character.