2 Chronicles 28:5:202 Chr.28.5.W20TAB
גְדוֹלָֽה׃
gedola
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LA
- Extended
- geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /gədoːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
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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-GAM be-YAD-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nit-TAN va-YAKH-VO ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-yit-ne-HU ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV be-YAD ME-lekh a-RAM va-ya-KU-VO va-yish-BU mi-ME-nu shiv-YA ge-do-LA va-ya-VI-u dar-ma-SEK ve-GAM be-YAD-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nit-TAN va-YAKH-VO ma-KA ge-do-LA
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive verbs vayakkuvo {וַיַּ֨כּוּ־ב֔וֹ | wayyakkūwō} ‘and they struck him’ and vayishbu {וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּ | wayyišbû} ‘and they took captive’ is intensified by the noun phrase shivyah gedolah {שִׁבְיָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה | šiḇyāh ɡəḏōlāh} ‘a great captivity’.
The conjunction vegam {וְ֠גַם | wə-ɡam} introduces a parallel Nifal clause nittan {נִתָּ֔ן | niṭṭān} ‘he was given’ into the hand of Israel’s king, followed by vayakbo {וַיַּךְ־בּ֖וֹ | wayyakkō bō} ‘and he struck him’ with the noun phrase makah gedolah {מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה | maḵkāh ɡəḏōlāh}. This structure forms a chiastic pattern between Aram and Israel, emphasizing the theological motif of divine judgment enacted through foreign powers.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:5
And the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they struck him and carried off from him a great captivity , and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great blow.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:5:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 28:5, 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 2 Chr.28.5.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.5.W20.S1) and character.