Psalm 18:13:8Ps.18.13.W8TABWLC Psalms 18:14
וְגַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ׃
vegahaleesh
“and coals of fire”
- Transliteration
- ve-ga-ha-LE-Esh
- Extended
- veh-gah-hah-LEE-EHsh
- IPA
- /vəɣaħăˈleː.ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and coals of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ga-ha-LE-Esh
- sentence
va-yir-AM ba-sha-MA-yim ye-ho-VAH ve-el-YON yit-TEN ko-LO ba-RAD ve-ga-ha-LE-Esh
Exegesis
The sequence bā-rād {בָּרָד | bā-rād} “hail” and gaḥalē-ʾēš {גַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ | gaḥalē-’ēš} “coals of fire” forms a hendiadys that intensifies the imagery of judgment. Hebrew parallelism and asyndetic coordination are rendered through paired English phrases and an em dash to preserve dramatic momentum.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–ḥet–lamed
“to glow, ember”
In context — Psalm 18:13
And the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave his voice—hail stones and coals-of-fire .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 18:13, so the Hebrew word וְגַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ׃ (vegahaleesh) 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 Ps.18.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.13.W8.S1) and character.