Numbers 14:12:6Num.14.12.W6TAB

לְגוֹי־גָּד֥וֹל

legoigadol

into a nation great

Transliteration
le-GOI-ga-DOL
Extended
leh-GOHY-gaa-DOHL
IPA
/ləgoj.gaˈdoːl/

Meaning by language

English
into a nation great

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + גוֹי + גָּ + ד֥וֹל
le + goi + ga + dol
legoigadol

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    le-GOI-ga-DOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM

  3. clause

    ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-NU

  4. sentence

    a-ke-NU va-DE-ver ve-o-ri-SHE-nu ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-NU

Exegesis

The construct ləgôy gādôl {לְגוֹי־גָּד֥וֹל | lə-gôy gā-ḏôl} ‘into a great nation’ binds gôy {גּוֹי | gôy} ‘nation’ with gādôl {גָּד֥וֹל | gā-ḏôl} ‘great.’

Root and etymology

g-w-ygimel–vav–yod

nation

In contextNumbers 14:12

I will strike them down with a plague and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:12, so the Hebrew word לְגוֹי־גָּד֥וֹל (legoigadol) 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 Num.14.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.12.W6.S1) and character.