1 Samuel 20:2:101 Sam.20.2.W10TAB
גָּד֗וֹל
gadol
“great”
- Transliteration
- ga-DOL
- Extended
- gaa-DOHL
- IPA
- /gaːˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
da-VAR ga-DOL
- clause
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT
Exegesis
The construct chain kol hadavar hagadol hazeh {כָּל־הַדָּבָר הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה | KOL-ha-da-VAR ha-ga-DOL ha-ZEH} ‘any of these great matters’ defines scope.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:2
And Jonathan said to David, “You shall not die! For my father does not undertake any of this great matter without disclosing it to me; why should he conceal it from me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word גָּד֗וֹל (gadol) 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.20.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.2.W10.S1) and character.