1 Samuel 17:13:41 Sam.17.13.W4TAB
הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים
hagedolim
“the great ones or the older ones”
- Transliteration
- ha-ge-do-LIM
- Extended
- hah-geh-doh-LEEM
- IPA
- /hag.dɔˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the great ones or the older ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ge-do-LIM
- clause
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA ve-SHEM she-LO-shet ba-NAV a-SHER hal-KHU ba-mil-kha-MA e-li-AV ha-be-KHOR u-mish-NE-hu a-vi-na-DAV ve-ha-she-li-SHI sha-MA
Exegesis
The construct chain shloshet bnei-Yishai {שְׁלֹשֶׁת בְּנֵי־יִשַׁי | šəlōšeṯ bə·nē yišāy} ‘three sons of Jesse’ is modified by hagdolim {הַגְּדֹלִים | ha·gə·dō·lîm} ‘the eldest.’
In context — 1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the war ; the sons who went were Eliab the firstborn , Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:13, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים (hagedolim) 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 Sam.17.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.13.W4.S1) and character.