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
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
- clause
u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
- 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 context — Jeremiah 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.