Nehemiah 13:5:4Neh.13.5.W4TAB

גְדוֹלָ֗ה

gedola

great or large

Transliteration
ge-do-LA
Extended
geh-doh-LAA
IPA
/gədoːˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
great or large

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גְ + דוֹ + לָ֗ה
ge + do + la
gedola

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ge-do-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA

  3. clause

    va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM u-te-ru-MAT ha-ko-ha-NIM

Exegesis

The noun-adjective pair liškāh gedôlāh {לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה | liškāh gedôlāh} emphasizes the chamber’s size.

In contextNehemiah 13:5

And he made for him a large chamber , and there they formerly laid the grain offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of grain, the new wine, and the oil—the allotted share for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the contribution for the priests.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word גְדוֹלָ֗ה (gedola) 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 Neh.13.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W4.S1) and character.