Joshua 13:3:6Josh.13.3.W6TAB

גְּב֤וּל

gevul

the border of

Transliteration
ge-VUL
Extended
geh-VOOL
IPA
/vəˈʕad/

Meaning by language

English
the border of

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Result
גְּ + ב֤וּל
ge + vul
gevul

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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

    ge-VUL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON

  3. clause

    min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV

  4. sentence

    min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM

Exegesis

The conjunction ve-ad {וְעַד | wə-‘ad} ‘and up to’ extends the region to gevul eqron tsafonah {גְּבוּל עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה | gə-vul ’e-qron ṣā-pō-nāh} ‘the northward border of Ekron’.

Root and etymology

boundary

In contextJoshua 13:3

From the Shihor which lies upon the face of Egypt and extends to the border of Ekron northward, it is reckoned as Canaanite territory. There are five lords of the Philistines , namely the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 13:3, so the Hebrew word גְּב֤וּל (gevul) 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.13.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.3.W6.S1) and character.