Joshua 15:12:5Josh.15.12.W5TAB
וּגְב֑וּל
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
- clause
u-gvuL YAM ha-ya-MAH ha-ga-DOL u-gvuL
- sentence
u-gvuL YAM ha-ya-MAH ha-ga-DOL u-gvuL ZE gvuL be-NEI-ye-hu-DA sa-VIV le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunctive noun ū-gĕvûl {וּגְב֣וּל | ū-gĕvûl} ‘and boundary’ introducing a territorial limit.
The conjunction ū-gĕvûl {וּגְב֑וּל | ū-gĕvûl} reappears to stress the demarcation, with the demonstrative zeh {זֶ֠ה | zeh} ‘this’ specifying the subsequent gĕvûl {גְּב֧וּל | gĕvûl} as the precise boundary.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ל
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 15:12
The western boundary was the Great Sea , and this was the boundary of the sons of Judah all around according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:12, so the Hebrew word וּגְב֑וּל (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.15.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.12.W5.S1) and character.