Judges 16:23:5Judg.16.23.W5TAB

זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל

zevakhgadol

a sacrifice great

Transliteration
ZE-vakh-ga-DOL
Extended
ZEH-vahkh-gah-DOHL
IPA
/ˈzɛvaħ.ɡaˈdoːl/

Meaning by language

English
a sacrifice great

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
זֶֽ + בַח + גָּ + ד֛וֹל
ze + vakh + ga + dol
zevakhgadol

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZE-vakh-ga-DOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL

  3. clause

    ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA

  4. sentence

    ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA va-yo-ME-ru na-TAN e-lo-HEI-nu be-ya-DE-nu ET shim-SHON o-ye-VEI-nu

Exegesis

The object phrase zēvāḥ-gādōl {זֶבַח־גָּד֛וֹל | zē-vāḥ-gā-dōl} receives lizbōaḥ.

Root and etymology

z-b-ḥz–b–ḥ

to slaughter

In contextJudges 16:23

And the princes of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon and to rejoice; and they said, "Our god has given Samson, our enemy, into our hand."

About this coordinate

Judges 16:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:23, so the Hebrew word זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל (zevakhgadol) 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.16.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.23.W5.S1) and character.