Joshua 13:16:3Josh.13.16.W3TAB
הַגְּב֗וּל
haggvul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- hag-GVUL
- Extended
- hahg-gev-UUL
- IPA
- /hagˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
hag-GVUL
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL me-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-se-FAT-NA-khal ar-NON ve-ha-IR a-SHER be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal ve-KOL-ha-mi-SHOR al-meid-VA
Exegesis
The phrase lahem haguvol {לָהֶם הַגְּב֗וּל | lāhem ha-gəvûl} ‘for them the boundary’ marks possessive assignment of territory.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“boundary”
In context — Joshua 13:16
Now the boundary for them extended from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, through the city in the midst of the valley, and all the plain as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:16, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֗וּל (haggvul) 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.13.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.16.W3.S1) and character.