Judges 21:5:13Judg.21.5.W13TAB

הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה

hagedola

“the great”

Transliteration: ha-ge-do-LA
Extended: hah-geh-doh-LAA
IPA: /hag.gədoːˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English: the great

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הַ + גְּ + דוֹ + לָ֜ה

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ha + ge + do + la

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hagedola

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	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
ha-ge-do-LA
phraseyour reading level
KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA
clause
KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT
sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL MI a-SHER lo-A-la ba-ka-HAL mik-kol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the explanatory clause haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh {הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הָיְתָה | haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh} ‘the great oath had been taken’, signaling the completed legal vow.

In context — Judges 21:5

And the sons of Israel said, “Who is there of all the tribes of Israel who did not go up in the assembly to the LORD ? For the great oath had been taken concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, ‘He shall surely be put to death.’”

About this coordinate

Judges 21:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 21:5, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה (hagedola) 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.21.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.5.W13.S1) and character.

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