2 Kings 18:28:42 Kgs.18.28.W4TAB
בְקוֹל־גָּד֖וֹל
vekolgadol
“with a great voice”
- Transliteration
- ve-kol-ga-DOL
- Extended
- veh-kohl-gah-DOL
- IPA
- /vəqoːl.gaˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a great voice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-kol-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT va-ye-da-BER va-yo-MER shim-U de-var-ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beqol-gadol {בְקוֹל־גָּד֖וֹל | bə-qōl-gā-dōl} intensifies the delivery with ‘loud voice.’
Root and etymology
g-d-lg-d-l
“great”
In context — 2 Kings 18:28
Then the chief cupbearer stood and called out in a loud voice in Judean , and he spoke and said, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word בְקוֹל־גָּד֖וֹל (vekolgadol) 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.18.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.28.W4.S1) and character.