2 Samuel 23:12:92 Sam.23.12.W9TAB
גְדוֹלָֽה׃
gedola
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LA
- Extended
- geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /gədoːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
te-shu-A ge-do-LA
- clause
va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-yit-ya-TSEV be-TOKH-ha-KHEL-ka va-ya-TSI-le-HA va-YAKH et-pe-lish-TIM va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA
Exegesis
The narrative culminates in wayyaʿaś YHWH tĕšûʿāh gĕḏōlāh {וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֹלָה | wayyaʿaś YHWH tĕšûʿāh gĕḏōlāh} ‘and the LORD made a great victory’, where wayyaʿaś functions idiomatically to denote divine accomplishment, and the compound tĕšûʿāh gĕḏōlāh intensifies the sense of overwhelming deliverance.
Root and etymology
g-d
“fortunate, troop”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:12
He stationed himself in the midst of the field and delivered it, and struck the Philistines; and the LORD made a great victory .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 23:12, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָֽה׃ (gedola) 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.23.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.12.W9.S1) and character.