Psalm 18:43:8Ps.18.43.W8TABWLC Psalms 18:44
לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי֮
loyadate
“I had not known”
- Transliteration
- LO-YA-da-TE
- Extended
- LOH-YAA-da-TEE
- IPA
- /loːjaˈðaʕti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I had not known
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' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO-YA-da-TE
- phraseyour reading level
AM LO-YA-da-TE
- sentence
te-fal-le-TE-ni me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM LO-YA-da-TE ye-av-du-NU-ni
Exegesis
The juxtaposed clause am lo-yadati {עַם לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי | ʿam lō-yā-daʿ-tî} ‘a people I did not know’ and the final Qal imperfect yaavduni {יַעַבְדֻנִי | ya-ʿav-dū-nî} ‘will serve me’ creates a result relationship, emphasizing universal obedience. A chiastic structure (deliver–enthronement–service) highlights theological progression from rescue to authority to submission.
Root and etymology
י־ד
“hand; action”
In context — Psalm 18:43
You delivered me from the quarrels of the people; you made me head over the nations . A people whom I did not know will serve me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:43:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 18:43, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי֮ (loyadate) 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 Ps.18.43.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.43.W8.S1) and character.