Deuteronomy 19:6:2Deut.19.6.W2TAB
גֹּאֵ֨ל
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
pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM
- clause
pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh
- sentence
pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh ve-LO EIN mish-PAT-MA-vet KI LO so-NE HU LO mit-moL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The compounded title go’el ha-dam {גֹּאֵל הַדָּם | gō-’ēl ha-Dām} designates the blood redeemer.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–aleph–lamed
“to redeem”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:6
Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer because his heart grows hot and he overtakes him—since the road is long—and strikes him so that he dies, though to him there is no judgment of death, for he did not hate him in time past, neither yesterday nor the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 19:6, so the Hebrew word גֹּאֵ֨ל (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.19.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.6.W2.S1) and character.