Joshua 15:4:12Josh.15.4.W12TAB
גְּב֥וּל
gvul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- gvuL
- Extended
- gvuul
- IPA
- /ɡvuˈl/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
gvuL
- phraseyour reading level
gvuL NE-gev
- clause
ze-yi-he-YEH la-KHEM gvuL NE-gev
- sentence
ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH ze-yi-he-YEH la-KHEM gvuL NE-gev
Exegesis
The perfect ve-hayu {וְהָי֛וּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they were’ links totzaot {תֹּצְא֥וֹת | tō-ṣāʾōṯ} ‘outgoings’ with ha-gevul {הַגְּב֖וּל | ha-geb-ûl} ‘the boundary,’ identifying its termini at yamah {יָ֑מָּה | yā-māh} ‘west/sea.’
Root and etymology
Rootgbl
“boundary, border”
In context — Joshua 15:4
And it passed by Azmon and came out to the wadi of Egypt, and the outgoings of the boundary were at the sea. This shall be your southern boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 15:4, so the Hebrew word גְּב֥וּל (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.15.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.4.W12.S1) and character.