1 Samuel 23:5:121 Sam.23.5.W12TAB
גְדוֹלָ֑ה
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
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ke-i-LA va-yil-la-KHEM ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yin-hag et-mik-ne-HEM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ke-i-LA va-yil-la-KHEM ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yin-hag et-mik-ne-HEM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-yo-SHA da-VID ET yo-she-VE ke-i-LA
In context — 1 Samuel 23:5
David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines ; they carried off their livestock and struck them with a great blow . Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 23:5, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָ֑ה (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.23.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.5.W12.S1) and character.