Isaiah 49:21:9Isa.49.21.W9TAB

גֹּלָ֣ה

gola

exiled

Transliteration
go-LA
Extended
goh-LAH
IPA
/ɡoːˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
exiled

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Result
גֹּ + לָ֣ה
go + la
gola

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    go-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    go-LA ve-su-RA

  3. clause

    go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MART bil-va-VEKH MI ya-LAD-li et-E-le va-a-NI she-KHU-la ve-gal-mu-DA go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM

Exegesis

The participial series shekhulah {שְׁכוּלָה | šə-kū-lāh}, galmudah {גַלְמוּדָה | gal-mû-dāh}, golah {גֹּלָה | gō-lāh}, and surah {סוּרָה | sû-rāh} portrays the speaker’s former desolation and displacement.

Root and etymology

ג־ל־הg-l-h

to go into exile

In contextIsaiah 49:21

And you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me, since I have been bereaved and barren , exiled and removed? And these—who has raised them? Behold, I was left alone; these—where were they?”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 49:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 49:21, so the Hebrew word גֹּלָ֣ה (gola) 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 Isa.49.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.21.W9.S1) and character.