Joshua 15:1:7Josh.15.1.W7TAB
אֶל־גְּב֨וּל
elgevul
“to the boundary of”
- Transliteration
- el-ge-VUL
- Extended
- EHL-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ʔel.gəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the boundary of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN
- clause
el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN NEG-bah mik-TSEH tei-MAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH be-NEI ye-hu-DAH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN NEG-bah mik-TSEH tei-MAN
Exegesis
The sequence of locatives ʾel-gewûl ʾĕḏōm mid·bār·ṣîn neḡ·bā(h) mik·ṣēh Têymān {אֶל־גְּב֨וּל אֱד֧וֹם מִדְבַּר־צִ֛ן נֶ֖גְבָּה מִקְצֵ֥ה תֵימָֽן | ʾel-gewûl ʾĕḏōm mid·bār·ṣîn neḡ·bā(h) mik·ṣēh Têymān} maps boundary, terrain, direction, and extremity: negebah {נֶגְבָּה | neḡ·bā(h)} ‘southward’, miktsêh {מִקְצֵה | mik·ṣēh} ‘extremity’, and Têymān {תֵימָן | Têymān} ‘farthest south’, preserving Hebrew spatial logic.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“boundary”
In context — Joshua 15:1
And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah by their families came to the border of Edom and to the wilderness of Zin southward, extending to its uttermost limit .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גְּב֨וּל (elgevul) 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.15.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.1.W7.S1) and character.