1 Chronicles 22:8:91 Chr.22.8.W9TAB
גְּדֹל֖וֹת
gedolot
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LOT
- Extended
- geh-doh-LOHT
- IPA
- /gədoˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ge-do-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT
- clause
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
and great wars” (wə-milḥāmōṯ gədōlōṯ {וּמִלְחָמוֹת גְּדֹלוֹת | wə-milḥāmōṯ gədōlōṯ}) links violent outcome and military activity as the grounds for the prohibition.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:8
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “You have shed blood in abundance, and you have done great wars. You shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word גְּדֹל֖וֹת (gedolot) 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 1 Chr.22.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.8.W9.S1) and character.