Proverbs 28:5:2Prov.28.5.W2TAB
לֹא־יָבִ֣ינוּ
loyavinu
“do not understand”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-VI-nu
- Extended
- loh-yah-vee-NUU
- IPA
- /loː.jaːviˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not understand
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' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ya-VI-nu
- clause
an-she-RA lo-ya-VI-nu mish-PAHT
- sentence
an-she-RA lo-ya-VI-nu mish-PAHT u-me-vak-SHE ye-ho-VAH ya-VI-nu KOL
Exegesis
The negative lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ negates yavinu {יָבִ֣ינוּ | yā-wî-nū} ‘they understand,’ a Hifil imperfect expressing active comprehension.
A vav conjunction introduces u-mevakshei {וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י | ū-mə-vak-šê} ‘and seekers of,’ linking to YHWH {יְ֝הוָ֗ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ in construct, before returning to yavinu {יָבִ֥ינוּ | yā-wî-nū} ‘they understand’ and concluding with kol {כֹֽל | kōl} ‘all,’ intensifying universal scope. English renders the antithetical parallelism with “but,” preserving the contrast between human ignorance and divine insight.
In context — Proverbs 28:5
Men of evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 28:5, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יָבִ֣ינוּ (loyavinu) 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.28.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.5.W2.S1) and character.