2 Kings 20:3:172 Kgs.20.3.W17TAB

גָדֽוֹל׃

gadol

great

Transliteration
ga-DOL
Extended
gaa-DOHL
IPA
/gaːˈðoːl/

Meaning by language

English
great

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Result
גָ + דֽוֹל׃
ga + dol
gadol

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-DOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHI ga-DOL

  3. clause

    va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL

  4. sentence

    AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL

Exegesis

The noun phrase be-khi {בְּכִי | bə-ḵî} ‘with weeping’ and gadol {גָדֽוֹל | ḡā-dōl} ‘great’ further amplify the emotional climax.

In context2 Kings 20:3

Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 20:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word גָדֽוֹל׃ (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 2 Kgs.20.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W17.S1) and character.