Exodus 19:12:1Exod.19.12.W1TAB
וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤
vehhigbalta
“and you shall set limits”
- Transliteration
- veh-hig-bal-TA
- Extended
- veh-hig-bahl-TAA
- IPA
- /vəhiɡˈbaltaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall set limits
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hig-bal-TA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM
- clause
veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu
- sentence
veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu kol-ha-no-GEA ba-HAR MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
vehigbalta {וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ | wə-hig-bal-tā} ‘and you shall set a boundary’ functions as the primary legal directive.
In context — Exodus 19:12
You shall mark off a boundary for the people all around and say, “Guard yourselves : do not go up the mountain, and do not touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤ (vehhigbalta) 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 Exod.19.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.12.W1.S1) and character.