Proverbs 23:24:1Prov.23.24.W1TAB

גול

gol

rejoicing

Transliteration
GOL
Extended
GOHL
IPA
/ˈɣoːl/

Meaning by language

English
rejoicing

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    GOL

  2. clause

    GOL GIL ya-GOL ya-GIL a-VI tsa-DIK

  3. sentence

    GOL GIL ya-GOL ya-GIL a-VI tsa-DIK yo-LED ve-yo-LED kha-KHAM ve-yis-MAKH-yis-MAKH-BO

Exegesis

The verse begins with a sequence of gul {גול | gûl} ‘he rejoiced’, gil {גִּ֣יל | gîl} ‘rejoice’, followed by the imperfects yigul {יגול | yigûl} and yagil {יָ֭גִיל | yāgîl} ‘he will rejoice’, an emphatic intensification pattern.

Root and etymology

g-y-lg-y-l

to rejoice

In contextProverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous one will rejoice greatly, and he who begets a wise one will rejoice in him.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 23:24, so the Hebrew word גול (gol) 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 Prov.23.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.24.W1.S1) and character.