1 Samuel 13:18:111 Sam.13.18.W11TAB
הַגְּב֔וּל
hagevul
“the boundary”
- Transliteration
- ha-ge-VUL
- Extended
- hah-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /haɣəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the boundary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL
- clause
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-ne DE-rekh BET kho-RON ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
Exegesis
The second unit repeats the pattern with another yipneh derekh pair, then specifies a vantage border using the participle han-nishkaf {הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף | han-niš-qāḳ} ‘overlooking’ in ha-gevul han-nishkaf {הַגְּב֔וּל הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף | ha-gə-būl han-niš-qāḳ} ‘the-border overlooking’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:18
And one company turned toward the road to Beth Horon, and one company turned toward the road to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 13:18, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֔וּל (hagevul) 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 1 Sam.13.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.18.W11.S1) and character.