Joshua 13:25:3Josh.13.25.W3TAB
הַגְּב֔וּל
haggevul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- hag-GEV-ul
- Extended
- hahg-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /hagˈɡəvul/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-GEV-ul
- clause
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON ad-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-pe-NEI ra-BA
Exegesis
The expression lahem hagvul {לָהֶם הַגְּב֔וּל | lā-hem ha-gev-vûl} ‘to them the boundary’ marks possession of inherited land.
Root and etymology
Rootg b l
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 13:25
And their boundary was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the sons of Ammon up to Aroer which is before Rabbah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:25, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֔וּל (haggevul) 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.13.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.25.W3.S1) and character.