2 Samuel 20:8:32 Sam.20.8.W3TAB
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙
hagedola
“the great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ge-do-LA
- Extended
- hah-geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /hag.dɔˈlaː/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
ha-ge-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
In context — 2 Samuel 20:8
They were at the great stone which is in Gibeon when Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with his garment—his outer robe—and had a sword fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went out, the sword fell.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ (hagedola) 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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W3.S1) and character.