Deuteronomy 19:8:4Deut.19.8.W4TAB
אֶת־גְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔
etgevulkha
“your territory”
- Transliteration
- et-ge-VUL-kha
- Extended
- EET-geh-VOOL-kha
- IPA
- /ʔet-ɡəvulˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your territory
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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
et-ge-VUL-kha
- clause
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ve-na-TAN le-KHA et-KOL-ha-A-retz a-SHER di-BER la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} foregrounds the definite object gevulkha {גְּבֻלְךָ | gə-vūl-kha} ‘your border’, highlighting completeness.
The pronouns in la-avoteikha {לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ | la-ʾă-vō-tey-kha} and lekha {לְךָ | lə-kha} frame the inheritance promise.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“boundary, border”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:8
And if the LORD your God enlarges your border as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land that He spoke to give to your ancestors.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־גְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ (etgevulkha) 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.19.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.8.W4.S1) and character.