Joshua 15:12:4Josh.15.12.W4TAB
הַגָּד֖וֹל
hagadol
“the Great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ga-DOL
- Extended
- hah-gaa-DOHL
- IPA
- /haɡaˈdoːl/
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-MAH ha-ga-DOL
- clause
u-gvuL YAM ha-ya-MAH ha-ga-DOL u-gvuL
- sentence
u-gvuL YAM ha-ya-MAH ha-ga-DOL u-gvuL ZE gvuL be-NEI-ye-hu-DA sa-VIV le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
This is followed by yām {יָ֔ם | yām} and ha-yāmāh {הַיָּ֥מָּה | ha-yāmāh} modified by ha-gāḏōl {הַגָּד֖וֹל | ha-gāḏōל} to form “the Great Sea,” a common designation of the Mediterranean.
Root and etymology
ג-דgimel–dalet
“fortune”
In context — Joshua 15:12
The western boundary was the Great Sea , and this was the boundary of the sons of Judah all around according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:12, so the Hebrew word הַגָּד֖וֹל (hagadol) 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 Josh.15.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.12.W4.S1) and character.