Daniel 11:25:12Dan.11.25.W12TAB
בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל
bekhayeelgadol
“with a great army”
- Transliteration
- be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL
- Extended
- beh-khah-YEEL-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /bə.ħa.ˈjiːl.ɡa.ˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a great army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM
- clause
ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD
- sentence
ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD ve-LO ya-a-MOD ki-yakh-she-VU a-LA-v ma-kha-sha-VOT
Exegesis
The subsequent phrase be-ḥayil-gadol ve-ʿaṣum ʿad-meod {בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד | bə-ḥă-yil-gā-dōl wə-ʿāṣ-ûm ʿad-mə-ʾōḏ} ‘with a great and exceedingly mighty force’ intensifies through parallelism.
Root and etymology
ח–י–ל
“force, troops”
In context — Daniel 11:25
And he will stir up his strength and his heart against the king of the south with a great army, and the king of the south will join battle with a very great and very strong force, but he will not stand, because plans will be devised against him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 11:25, so the Hebrew word בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל (bekhayeelgadol) 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 Dan.11.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.25.W12.S1) and character.