Deuteronomy 18:16:17Deut.18.16.W17TAB
הַגְּדֹלָ֥ה
hagdolah
“the great”
- Transliteration
- ha-gdo-LAH
- Extended
- hah-gdo-LAAH
- IPA
- /haɡdəˈlaː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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-gdo-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-ESH ha-gdo-LAH ha-ZOT
- clause
LO o-SEF lish-MO-a et-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ve-ET-ha-ESH ha-gdo-LAH ha-ZOT lo-er-EH OD ve-LO a-MUT
- sentence
ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta me-IM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha be-KHO-rev be-YOM ha-ka-HAL le-MOR LO o-SEF lish-MO-a et-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ve-ET-ha-ESH ha-gdo-LAH ha-ZOT lo-er-EH OD ve-LO a-MUT
In context — Deuteronomy 18:16
According to all that you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “I will not continue to hear the voice of the LORD my God, nor will I see this great fire again, lest I die.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 18:16, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדֹלָ֥ה (hagdolah) 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 Deut.18.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.16.W17.S1) and character.