Judges 15:8:6Judg.15.8.W6TAB
גְדוֹלָ֑ה
gedola
“great”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LA
- Extended
- geh-doh-LAA
- IPA
- /ɣədoˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ge-do-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-KA ge-do-LA
- clause
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK al-ya-REKH ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK al-ya-REKH ma-KA ge-do-LA va-YE-red va-YE-shev bis-se-IF SE-la e-TAM
Exegesis
The compound mak-kāh gedōlāh {מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה | mak-kāh ge-dō-lāh} ‘great blow’ emphasizes the forcefulness of Samson’s victory.
In context — Judges 15:8
He struck them down, thigh upon hip, with a great blow . Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 15:8, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָ֑ה (gedola) 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 Judg.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.8.W6.S1) and character.