Jeremiah 22:8:15Jer.22.8.W15TAB
הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה
haggedola
“the great”
- Transliteration
- hag-ge-do-LA
- Extended
- hahg-geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /hag.gədoːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hag-ge-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
la-IR hag-ge-do-LA
- clause
ve-a-me-RU ISH el-re-E-HU al-ME a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHA la-IR hag-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-a-ve-RU go-YIM ra-BIM AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-me-RU ISH el-re-E-HU al-ME a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHA la-IR hag-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The adverb `kakha {כָּכָה | kā-kāh} ‘thus’ and the phrase `la’ir {לָעִיר | lā-ʿîr} `hagedolah {הַגְּדוֹלָה | ha-gedôlāh} `hazot {הַזֹּאת | ha-zōṯ} ‘to this great city’ complete the prophetic declaration, framing the LORD’s action as both decisive and unprecedented. The formal mirrors the Hebrew distributive and causal structures; the dynamic smooths idiomatic expressions for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootg-d-l
“great, large”
In context — Jeremiah 22:8
And many nations will pass over this city, and each man will say to his neighbor, "Why has the LORD done thus to this great city ?"
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 22:8, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה (haggedola) 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.22.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.8.W15.S1) and character.