1 Samuel 19:8:111 Sam.19.8.W11TAB
גְדוֹלָ֔ה
gedola
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LA
- Extended
- geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /gədoːˈlaː/
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
va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
- sentence
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The construct makkah gedolah {מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה | mak-kâ ḡê-dō-lâ} ‘a great blow’ underscores the decisive nature of David’s strike.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:8
The battle continued again, and David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them a great blow , so they fled from before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָ֔ה (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 Sam.19.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.8.W11.S1) and character.