Joshua 16:1:2Josh.16.1.W2TAB
הַגּוֹרָ֜ל
hagoral
“the lot”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-RAL
- Extended
- hah-goh-RAAL
- IPA
- /haɡoˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lot
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ha-go-RAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
Exegesis
The noun ha-goral {הַגּוֹרָ֜ל | ha-gō·rāl} functions as subject, indicating the boundary allocation.
Root and etymology
g-r-lgimmel–resh–lamed
“lot, portion”
In context — Joshua 16:1
And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill country to Bethel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 16:1, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹרָ֜ל (hagoral) 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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.1.W2.S1) and character.