Joshua 15:21:6Josh.15.21.W6TAB
אֶל־גְּב֥וּל
elgvul
“toward the boundary”
- Transliteration
- el-gvuL
- Extended
- el-gvuul
- IPA
- /ʔel.ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the boundary
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 | 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-gvuL
- phraseyour reading level
el-gvuL e-DOM
- clause
va-yi-HYU he-a-RIM mik-TSE le-mat-TEH ve-NEI-ye-hu-DA el-gvuL e-DOM ba-NEG-bah
- sentence
va-yi-HYU he-a-RIM mik-TSE le-mat-TEH ve-NEI-ye-hu-DA el-gvuL e-DOM ba-NEG-bah kav-tse-EL ve-E-der ve-ya-GUR
Exegesis
The phrase el-gevul Edom {אֶל־גְּבוּל אֱד֖וֹם | ʾel-gə-wûl ʾĕ-ḏô-m} ‘to the border of Edom’ specifies the boundary, while ba-negvah {בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּה | ba-ne-ḡḇāh} ‘in the Negev’ locates the region directionally. The verse concludes with an asyndetic list of proper nouns, emphasizing the geographical extent before naming Kabtzeel, Eder, and Jagur.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 15:21
And these were the cities at the extremity of the territory of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the Negev : Kabtze'el , Eder, and Jagur.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 15:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גְּב֥וּל (elgvul) 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.15.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.21.W6.S1) and character.