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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
le-GOI-ga-DOL
- phraseyour reading level
le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM
- clause
ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-NU
- 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 context — Numbers 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.