Proverbs 7:23:8Prov.7.23.W8TAB
וְלֹֽא־יָ֝דַ֗ע
veloyada
“and he does not know”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-YA-da
- Extended
- veh-LOH-YAA-dah
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.jaˈðaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he does not know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-YA-da
- clause
ve-LO-YA-da ki-ve-NAF-sho HU
- sentence
AD ye-fal-LAKH KHETS ke-ve-DO ke-ma-HER tsi-POR el-PAKH ve-LO-YA-da ki-ve-NAF-sho HU
Exegesis
The coordination velo-yada {וְלֹא־יָדַע | wə-lō yā-ḏaʿ} ‘and does not know’ conveys ignorance, while the causal clause ki-venafsho {כִּי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ | kî bə-naf-šô} ‘because it concerns his life’ highlights the fatal outcome. The English preserves the Hebrew’s temporal and comparative structure with clear cause–effect linkage.
In context — Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow pierces his liver , as a bird rushes to a snare —and he does not know it is against his very life.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 7:23, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יָ֝דַ֗ע (veloyada) 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.7.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.23.W8.S1) and character.