Joshua 15:47:10Josh.15.47.W10TAB
הַגָּד֖וֹל
hagadol
“the Great”
- Transliteration
- ha-ga-DOL
- Extended
- hah-gah-DOHL
- IPA
- /haggaˈdoːl/
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
ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL
- clause
ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL u-gve-VUL
- sentence
ash-DOD be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha az-ZA be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha ad-NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL u-gve-VUL
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase vehayam hagadol ugevul (“and the Great Sea and border”) uses vehayam {וְהַיָּם | wə-hay-yām} “and-the-sea,” hagadol {הַגָּד֖וֹל | ha-ḡā-dōl} “the-great,” and ugevul {וּגְבֽוּל | u-ḡə-vūl} “and-border” to delineate the western limit at the Mediterranean. English rendering preserves the Hebrew construct pattern (“with its…towns and villages”) and the listing of territorial markers (“up to…the brook…and the sea…and border”) to reflect the verse’s emphasis and ancient syntactic flow.
Root and etymology
ג-דgimel–dalet
“fortune”
In context — Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with its surrounding towns and villages ; Gaza with its surrounding towns and villages—up to the brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea and its boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:47:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 15:47, 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.15.47.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.47.W10.S1) and character.