2 Samuel 18:29:102 Sam.18.29.W10TAB
הַגָּד֔וֹל
hagadol
“the great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ga-DOL
- Extended
- hah-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /haggaˈdoːl/
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
va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL
- clause
va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
Exegesis
Ahimaaz’s report begins with the perfect verb raiti {רָאִיתִי | rāʾītî} “I saw” followed by the noun phrase hamon ha-gadol {הֲמֹון הַגָּדוֹל | hamôn ha-gāḏôl} expressing magnitude.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom ?” And Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me, your servant, I saw a great crowd , but I did not know what it was.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 18:29, so the Hebrew word הַגָּד֔וֹל (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 Sam.18.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.29.W10.S1) and character.