Deuteronomy 19:12:10Deut.19.12.W10TAB
גֹּאֵ֥ל
goel
“the avenger”
- Transliteration
- go-EL
- Extended
- goh-EHL
- IPA
- /ɡoˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the avenger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
go-EL
- phraseyour reading level
go-EL ha-DAM
- clause
ve-nat-NU o-TO be-YAD go-EL ha-DAM va-MET
- sentence
ve-shal-KHU zik-NEI i-RO ve-lak-KHU o-TO mi-SHAM ve-nat-NU o-TO be-YAD go-EL ha-DAM va-MET
Exegesis
The idiom beyad gōʾēl hadam {בְּיַד גֹּאֵל הַדָּם | bə-yaḏ gō-ʾēl ha-ḏam} ‘into the hand of the blood avenger’ conveys legal transfer of custody.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–aleph–lamed
“to redeem, reclaim”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:12
Then the elders of his city shall send, take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood , and he shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 19:12, so the Hebrew word גֹּאֵ֥ל (goel) 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.19.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.12.W10.S1) and character.