2 Kings 22:8:42 Kgs.22.8.W4TAB
הַגָּדוֹל֙
hagadol
“the great or the high”
- Transliteration
- ha-ga-DOL
- Extended
- hah-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /hag.gaːˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the great or the high
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL
- clause
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
Exegesis
The subject phrase khilkiyahu hakohen hagadol {חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל | ḥil-qī-yā-hû ha-kō-hên ha-gā-dōl} identifies Hilkiah as high priest.
Root and etymology
g-d-l
“great”
In context — 2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the law in the house of the LORD .” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 22:8, 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.22.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W4.S1) and character.