Deuteronomy 19:14:3Deut.19.14.W3TAB
גְּב֣וּל
gevul
“boundary”
- Transliteration
- ge-VUL
- Extended
- geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- boundary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL re-a-KHA
- clause
LO ta-SIG ge-VUL re-a-KHA a-SHER gav-LU ri-sho-NIM
- sentence
LO ta-SIG ge-VUL re-a-KHA a-SHER gav-LU ri-sho-NIM be-na-cha-LAT-kha a-SHER tin-KHAL va-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The verb’s direct object is the noun gevul {גְּבוּל | gəvûl} ‘boundary’, in construct with reʿakha {רֵעֲךָ | reʿaḥkā} ‘your neighbor’, defining the possessed limits.
Root and etymology
Gimel–Bet–Lamed
“boundary”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:14
You shall not move the boundary of your neighbor, which the former ones set, in your inheritance which you are to inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 19:14, so the Hebrew word גְּב֣וּל (gevul) 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 Deut.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.14.W3.S1) and character.