Joshua 15:2:3Josh.15.2.W3TAB
גְּב֣וּל
gevul
“a boundary”
- Transliteration
- ge-VUL
- Extended
- gheh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a boundary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL NE-gev
- clause
va-ye-HI la-HEM ge-VUL NE-gev mik-TSEH YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM ge-VUL NE-gev mik-TSEH YAM ha-ME-lakh min-ha-la-SHON ha-po-NEH NEG-ba
Exegesis
The noun gevul {גְּב֣וּל | ge·vûl} ‘boundary’ defines the legal limit, and negev {נֶ֔גֶב | ne·gev} ‘south’ specifies direction.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“border, limit”
In context — Joshua 15:2
And their southern boundary was from the end of the Salt Sea , from the tongue that faces southward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:2, so the Hebrew word גְּב֣וּל (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.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.2.W3.S1) and character.