Proverbs 9:18:1Prov.9.18.W1TAB
וְֽלֹא־יָ֭דַע
veloyadah
“and he does not know”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-YA-dah
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yaa-DAH
- IPA
- /vəlɔːˈjaː.daʕ/
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-dah
- clause
ve-LO-YA-dah ki-re-fa-IM SHAM
- sentence
ve-LO-YA-dah ki-re-fa-IM SHAM be-im-KE she-OL ke-ru-E-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negated perfect verb velo yada {וְֽלֹא־יָ֭דַע | wə·lōʾ yā·daʿ} ‘and he does not know’, followed by the conjunction ki {כִּֽי | kî} ‘that’ introducing a content clause.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet–ayin
“to know”
In context — Proverbs 9:18
Yet he does not know that the departed spirits are present, and that her guests dwell in the depths of Sheol .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 9:18, so the Hebrew word וְֽלֹא־יָ֭דַע (veloyadah) 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.9.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.18.W1.S1) and character.