Judges 21:2:13Judg.21.2.W13TAB

גָדֽוֹל׃

gadol

great

Transliteration
ga-DOL
Extended
gaa-DOL
IPA
/ɣaːˈdoːl/

Meaning by language

English
great

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Result
גָ + דֽוֹל׃
ga + dol
gadol

Alphabet Analysis

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

    ga-DOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHI ga-DOL

  3. clause

    va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU be-KHI ga-DOL

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ha-AM BET-EL va-ye-SHE-vu SHAM ad-ha-E-rev lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU be-KHI ga-DOL

Exegesis

The verbs wayyisʾû {וַיִּשְׂאוּ | wayyisʾû} ‘and they lifted’ and wayyibkû {וַיִּבְכּוּ | wayyibkû} ‘and they wept’ culminate in the construct noun phrase bəkî gāḏôl {בְּכִי גָּדוֹל | bəkî gāḏôl} ‘weeping great’, where the adjective gāḏôl intensifies communal lament. The English rendering preserves this temporal progression and the emotional intensity of the Hebrew.

In contextJudges 21:2

And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God , lifted their voice , and wept with great grief.

About this coordinate

Judges 21:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 21:2, so the Hebrew word גָדֽוֹל׃ (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.21.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.2.W13.S1) and character.