2 Samuel 18:9:142 Sam.18.9.W14TAB
הַגְּדוֹלָ֗ה
hagdola
“the great”
- Transliteration
- hag-do-LA
- Extended
- hahg-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /haggədoːˈlɔː/
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hag-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The mule’s passage under the oak is described by vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wa-yā-vō} under tachat shuakh ha-elah haggedolah {תַּחַת שׂוּבַךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדוֹלָה | ta-ḥat sû-ḇaḵ hā-ʾē-lāh ha-ggē-dō-lāh}, creating a vivid trap image.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדוֹלָ֗ה (hagdola) 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.18.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W14.S1) and character.