Genesis 4:1:2Gen.4.1.W2PAT

יָדַ֖ע

yada

knew

Transliteration
ya-DA
Extended
yah-DAH
IPA
/jaː.ˈðaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
knew
French
connut
Spanish
conoció
Portuguese
conheceu
German
erkannte
Russian
познал
Arabic-Simplified
عَرَفَ
Hindi
जान लिया
Chinese-Simplified
亲近了
Korean
알았다
Indonesian
mengenal
Bengali
জানল
Tagalog
nakilala
Swahili
alimjua
Amharic
አወቀ
Yoruba
mọ̀
Igbo
mara
Twi
dae
Ewe
nya

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Result
יָ + דַ֖ע
ya + da
yada

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-DA

  2. clause

    ve-ha-a-DAM ya-DA ET-kha-VA ish-TO

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-a-DAM ya-DA ET-kha-VA ish-TO va-ta-HAR va-TE-led ET-KA-yin va-TO-mer ka-NI-ti ISH ET-Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 4:1

and the man knew Eve his wife she conceived she bore Cain she said I acquired a man LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 4:1, so the Hebrew word יָדַ֖ע (yada) 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 Gen.4.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.1.W2.S1) and character.