2 Kings 14:25:32 Kgs.14.25.W3TAB
אֶת־גְּב֣וּל
etgevul
“the border of”
- Transliteration
- et-ge-VUL
- Extended
- eht-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL
- clause
HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA
- sentence
HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD-av-DO yo-NA ben-a-mit-TAI ha-na-VI a-SHER mig-GAT ha-KHE-fer
Exegesis
The verse begins with the independent pronoun hu {הוּא | hû} ‘he’ referring to King Jeroboam II, followed by the Hiphil perfect verb heshiv {הֵשִׁיב | hê-šîw} ‘restored’ and its direct object et-gevul {אֶת־גְּבוּל | ʾeṯ-geb-hûl} ‘the boundary.’
Root and etymology
gimel–bet–lamed
“boundary, border”
In context — 2 Kings 14:25
He reestablished Israel’s border from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD , the God of Israel , delivered through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath Hepher.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־גְּב֣וּל (etgevul) 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 2 Kgs.14.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.25.W3.S1) and character.