Daniel 8:10:1Dan.8.10.W1TAB
וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל
vatigdal
“{And} it grew great”
- Transliteration
- va-tig-DAL
- Extended
- vah-tihg-DAHL
- IPA
- /vat.tiɣˈdal/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it grew great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tig-DAL
- clause
va-tig-DAL ad-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-tig-DAL ad-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-tap-PEL AR-tsa min-ha-tsa-VA oo-min-ha-ko-kha-VIM va-tir-me-SEM
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with vatigdal {וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל | wă-ṯig-dal} ‘and it grew great,’ which marks the initiation of action.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel-dalet-lamed
“to grow, become great”
In context — Daniel 8:10
And it grew until it reached the host of heaven, and it cast down to the ground some of the host and some of the stars, and it trampled them.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 8:10, so the Hebrew word וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל (vatigdal) 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.8.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.10.W1.S1) and character.