Exodus 15:16:5Exod.15.16.W5TAB
בִּגְדֹ֥ל
bigdol
“by the greatness of”
- Transliteration
- big-DOL
- Extended
- bihg-DOHL
- IPA
- /biɣ.ˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the greatness of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
big-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
big-DOL ze-ro-a-KHA
- clause
ti-POL a-lei-HEM ei-ma-TA va-FA-khad big-DOL ze-ro-a-KHA yid-de-MU ka-a-VEN
- sentence
ti-POL a-lei-HEM ei-ma-TA va-FA-khad big-DOL ze-ro-a-KHA yid-de-MU ka-a-VEN ad-ya-a-VOR am-me-KHA Ye-ho-VAH ad-ya-a-VOR am-ZU ka-ni-TA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bigdol zeroakha {בִּגְדֹ֥ל זְרוֹעֲךָ֖ | big-dōl ze-rō-ʿa-ḵā} ‘by greatness of Your arm’ serves as the causal basis.
In context — Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread will fall upon them by the greatness of Your arm; they will be still as a stone, until Your people pass over, O LORD , until the people you have acquired pass over.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:16, so the Hebrew word בִּגְדֹ֥ל (bigdol) 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 Exod.15.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.16.W5.S1) and character.