Joshua 16:3:2Josh.16.3.W2TAB
אֶל־גְּב֣וּל
elgvul
“to the border”
- Transliteration
- el-GVU-l
- Extended
- el-GVUHL
- IPA
- /ʔelˈɡvul/
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-GVU-l
- phraseyour reading level
el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti
- clause
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v ya-MAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-gevul {אֶל־גְּב֣וּל | ʾel-gəḇûl} ‘to the boundary of’ introduces a construct relationship that is specified by the following gentillic hayafleti {הַיַּפְלֵטִ֗י | hayyaplēṭî} ‘the Japhletite,’ marking a recognized local group or district.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–bet–lamed
“border, limit”
In context — Joshua 16:3
And it went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletite , as far as the boundary of Lower Beth-horon, and as far as Gezer; and its goings out were seaward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גְּב֣וּל (elgvul) 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.16.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W2.S1) and character.