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
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ZE-vakh-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL
- 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
- 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 context — Judges 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.