2 Kings 18:19:82 Kgs.18.19.W8TAB
הַגָּדוֹל֙
hagadol
“the great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ga-DOL
- Extended
- hah-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /haggaːˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the great
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL
- clause
ko-A-mar ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR MA ha-bit-ta-KHON ha-ZE a-SHER ba-TAKH-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE im-ru-NA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ko-A-mar ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR MA ha-bit-ta-KHON ha-ZE a-SHER ba-TAKH-ta
Exegesis
The construct chain ha-meleḵ ha-gāḏōl meleḵ ʾaššûr {הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | ha-meleḵ ha-gāḏōl meleḵ ʾaššûr} ‘the great king, king of Assyria’ emphasizes royal authority by pairing title and epithet.
Root and etymology
g-d-lg-d-l
“great”
In context — 2 Kings 18:19
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence in which you have put your trust?”’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word הַגָּדוֹל֙ (hagadol) 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 Kgs.18.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.19.W8.S1) and character.