2 Samuel 14:11:82 Sam.14.11.W8TAB
גֹּאֵ֤ל
goel
“the redeemer”
- Transliteration
- go-EL
- Extended
- goh-EEL
- IPA
- /ɡoːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the redeemer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
go-EL
- phraseyour reading level
go-EL ha-DAM
- clause
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI
- sentence
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI va-YO-mer KHAI-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT be-NE-kh AR-tse
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meharbat go’el hadam leshachet {מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵ֔ת | mê-har-bat gō-ʾēl ha-ḏām lə-ša-ḥēt} employs the Hifil infinitive construct to express prevention of the avenger’s destructive action.
Root and etymology
g-ʾ-lgimel–aleph–lamed
“to redeem or avenge”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:11
She said, “Let the king now remember the LORD your God , so that the avenger may not multiply to destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:11, so the Hebrew word גֹּאֵ֤ל (goel) 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 Sam.14.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.11.W8.S1) and character.