Deuteronomy 19:3:5Deut.19.3.W5TAB
אֶת־גְּב֣וּל
etgevul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- et-ge-VUL
- Extended
- EET-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈɡəvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
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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Word in context
- word
et-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
et-ge-VUL ar-tsekha
- clause
ta-KHIN le-KHA ha-DE-rekh ve-shi-LASH-ta et-ge-VUL ar-tsekha a-SHER yan-KHIL-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ta-KHIN le-KHA ha-DE-rekh ve-shi-LASH-ta et-ge-VUL ar-tsekha a-SHER yan-KHIL-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-YA la-NUS sha-MAH kol-ro-TSE-akh
Exegesis
The construct phrase gevul artzekha {גְּב֣וּל אַרְצְךָ | gə·ḇul ʾăr·ṣə·ḵā} ‘boundary of your land’ is modified by the relative clause asher yanchilekha YHWH elohekha {אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִֽילְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ’ă·šer yan·ḥî·lê·ḵā Yə·hō·wāh ʾĕ·lō·hê·ḵā}, attributing ownership to divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet–lamed
“border, territory”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:3
You shall prepare the way for yourself and divide the territory within the boundary of your land into three parts that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that every killer may flee there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 19:3, 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 Deut.19.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.3.W5.S1) and character.