Joshua 20:5:3Josh.20.5.W3TAB
גֹּאֵ֤ל
goel
“the avenger”
- Transliteration
- go-EL
- Extended
- goh-EEL
- IPA
- /ɡoˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the avenger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
go-EL
- phraseyour reading level
go-EL ha-DAM
- clause
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The construct go’el hadam {גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ | gō’ēl ha·dām} ‘avenger of blood’ designates the kinsman with the right of pursuit.
Root and etymology
ג־א־ל
“to redeem, avenge”
In context — Joshua 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 20:5, so the Hebrew word גֹּאֵ֤ל (goel) 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.20.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W3.S1) and character.