1 Kings 20:21:101 Kgs.20.21.W10TAB
גְדוֹלָֽה׃
gedola
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LA
- Extended
- geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /gəðoːˈlaː/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ge-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-KA ge-do-LA
- clause
ve-hi-KA ba-a-RAM ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-ha-SUS ve-et-ha-ra-KHEV ve-hi-KA ba-a-RAM ma-KA ge-do-LA
Exegesis
Finally, the noun phrase makkah gedolah {מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה | mak·kāh gə·dō·lāh} places the adjective after its head to intensify the scale of the defeat. In English, the two Hiphil verbs are rendered first literally as “struck” and then more dynamically as “inflicted” (formal) or “defeated” (dynamic) to reflect the sequence and force of the actions.
Root and etymology
g-d-lgimel–dalet–lamed
“to be great”
In context — 1 Kings 20:21
Then the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and he inflicted a great blow upon Aram .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:21, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָֽה׃ (gedola) 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 Kgs.20.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.21.W10.S1) and character.