Judges 16:6:8Judg.16.6.W8TAB
גָד֑וֹל
gadol
“is great”
- Transliteration
- ga-DOL
- Extended
- gaa-DOHL
- IPA
- /gaːˈdoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- is great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL
- clause
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha
Exegesis
Two parallel interrogative phrases, bameh {בַּמֶּה | ba-meh}…gadol {גָד֑וֹל | gä-dōl} and uvameh {וּבַמֶּ֥ה | u-ba-meh}, frame questions about the cause and method of Samson’s power.
In context — Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me by what means your strength is so great, and by what you can be bound to be afflicted ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word גָד֑וֹל (gadol) 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.16.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W8.S1) and character.