Joshua 15:12:7Josh.15.12.W7TAB
גְּב֧וּל
gvul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- gvuL
- Extended
- gev-UHL
- IPA
- /ɡəˈvul/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
gvuL
- phraseyour reading level
gvuL be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
- clause
ZE gvuL be-NEI-ye-hu-DA sa-VIV le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- 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 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 15:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:12, so the Hebrew word גְּב֧וּל (gvul) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.12.W7.S1) and character.