Joshua 13:11:2Josh.13.11.W2TAB

וּגְב֧וּל

ugvul

and the border

Transliteration
u-gvul
Extended
oo-gev-UHL
IPA
/uɡəˈvul/

Meaning by language

English
and the border

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Result
וּ + גְב֧וּל
u + gvul
ugvul

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-gvul

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-gvul ha-ge-shu-RI ve-ha-ma-a-KHA-ti

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-gil-AD u-gvul ha-ge-shu-RI ve-ha-ma-a-KHA-ti ve-KOL HAR kher-MON ve-KOL-ha-ba-SHAN ad-sal-KHA

Exegesis

The construct ugevul {וּגְב֧וּל | ū-ḡə-vul} ‘and border’ followed by hageshuri {הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י | ha-ḡə-šūrî} and vemaakhati {וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗י | wə-hammāʿăḵāṯî} marks possession for adjacent peoples.

Root and etymology

g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed

boundary

In contextJoshua 13:11

Gilead, the border of the Geshurites, the Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 13:11, so the Hebrew word וּגְב֧וּל (ugvul) 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 Josh.13.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.11.W2.S1) and character.