יַגִּֽיד׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יַגִּֽיד׃

   ya-GID

   he tells or he declares
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃

   ve-LO ya-GID

   and not he tells or he declares
3. clause🔊 אָלָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃

   a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID

   an oath or a curse he hears and not he tells or he declares
4. sentence🔊 חוֹלֵ֣ק עִם־גַּ֭נָּב שׂוֹנֵ֣א נַּפְשׁ֑וֹ אָלָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃

   kho-LEK im-ga-NAV so-NE naf-SHO a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID

   one sharing or partner with a thief hates his life an oath or a curse he hears and not he tells or he declares

Exegesis

The adversative velo yagid {וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד | wə-lōʾ ya-gîd} ‘and does not declare’ contrasts perception with silence. This two-part parallelism emphasizes moral complicity and deliberate concealment, and the hiphil voice of yagid intensifies the subject’s active refusal to disclose.