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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
u-gvul
- phraseyour reading level
u-gvul ha-ge-shu-RI ve-ha-ma-a-KHA-ti
- 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 context — Joshua 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.