Daniel 8:21:6Dan.8.21.W6TAB
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙
hagedola
“the great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ge-do-LA
- Extended
- hah-geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /hag.gə.ðoˈlaː/
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
ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-tsa-FEER ha-sa-EER ME-lekh ya-VAN ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The conjunction wə {וְ | wə} introduces vehakeren hagedolah {וְהַקֶּרֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה | wə-ha-qe-ren hag-ḡə-ḏō-lāh} ‘and the great horn,’ defined by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ plus the locative bên-ʿênāyw {בֵּין־עֵינָיו | bēn-ʿê-nāw} ‘between his eyes.’
In context — Daniel 8:21
And the male goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:21, 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 Dan.8.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.21.W6.S1) and character.