Genesis 19:11:7Gen.19.11.W7TAB
וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל
veadgadol
“and unto great”
- Transliteration
- ve-ad-ga-DOL
- Extended
- veh-ahd-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /wə.ʕad.ɡaː.ˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and unto great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ad-ga-DOL
- clause
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL va-yil-U lim-TSO ha-PA-takh
Exegesis
The merism mikaton ve’ad gadol {מִקָּטֹן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל | miq-qā-ṭōn wə-ʿaḏ gā-ḏōl} ‘from the least to the greatest’ conveys total inclusion.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–dalet–lamed
“to be great”
In context — Genesis 19:11
And they struck the men at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל (veadgadol) 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 Gen.19.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W7.S1) and character.