Joshua 15:5:7Josh.15.5.W7TAB
וּגְב֞וּל
ugvul
“and the border”
- Transliteration
- u-gvuL
- Extended
- oo-gev-VOOL
- IPA
- /uɡvuˈl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-gvuL
- clause
u-gvuL lif-AT tsa-fo-NAH mil-SHON ha-YAM mik-TSEH ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
u-gvuL ked-MAH YAM ha-ME-lakh ad-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN u-gvuL lif-AT tsa-fo-NAH mil-SHON ha-YAM mik-TSEH ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel locative clauses introduced by the conjunction u-g'vul {וּגְב֥וּל | ūgəbûl} ‘and boundary’.
Root and etymology
“boundary, border”
In context — Joshua 15:5
And the eastern boundary was the Salt Sea up to the edge of the Jordan, and the northern border lay from the bay of the sea to the point where the Jordan ends.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:5, so the Hebrew word וּגְב֞וּל (ugvul) 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.15.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.5.W7.S1) and character.