Joshua 16:2:5Josh.16.2.W5TAB
אֶל־גְּב֥וּל
elgevul
“to the border”
- Transliteration
- el-ge-VUL
- Extended
- el-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the border
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
el-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI
- clause
ve-a-VAR el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI a-ta-ROT
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA mi-BEIT-EL lu-ZAH ve-a-VAR el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI a-ta-ROT
Exegesis
The compound preposition-plus-noun el-gevul {אֶל־גְּב֥וּל | ʾel-gə-vûl} introduces the next target as a boundary point.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־לGimel–Bet–Lamed
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 16:2
And it went out from Bethel to Luz, and it passed over to the border of the Archite , Ataroth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גְּב֥וּל (elgevul) 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.16.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.2.W5.S1) and character.