Joshua 15:4:8Josh.15.4.W8TAB
הַגְּב֖וּל
haggvul
“of the boundary”
- Transliteration
- hag-GVUL
- Extended
- hahg-gvuul
- IPA
- /hagˈɡvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the boundary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
hag-GVUL
- phraseyour reading level
tot-se-OT hag-GVUL
- clause
ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH
- 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 15:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 15:4, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֖וּל (haggvul) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.4.W8.S1) and character.