Jeremiah 21:5:11Jer.21.5.W11TAB

גָּדֽוֹל׃

gadol

great

Transliteration
ga-DOL
Extended
gah-DOHL
IPA
/gaːˈdoːl/

Meaning by language

English
great

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גָּ + דֽוֹל׃
ga + dol
gadol

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-DOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL

  3. clause

    u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL

  4. sentence

    ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL

Exegesis

The climactic triplet u-veʾaf, u-vechemah, u-veketsef gadol {וּבְאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל | û-ḇə-ʾaf û-ḇə-ḥē-māh û-ḇə-qe-ṣef gā-ḏōl} expresses escalating divine wrath through successive vav-conjunctions.

In contextJeremiah 21:5

I will myself wage war against you with an outstretched hand and a powerful arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 21:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word גָּדֽוֹל׃ (gadol) 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 Jer.21.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W11.S1) and character.