Joshua 16:3:5Josh.16.3.W5TAB
גְּב֧וּל
gvul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- GVU-l
- Extended
- GVUHL
- IPA
- /ɡvul/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
GVU-l
- phraseyour reading level
ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron
- 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 verse then stacks limit markers with ʿad {עַ֣ד | ʿaḏ} ‘as far as’ and a second gevul {גְּב֧וּל | gəḇûl} to show successive boundary points, first at beit-khoron {בֵּית־חוֹרֹ֛ן | bêṯ-ḥôrōn} and qualified by tachton {תַּחְתּ֖וֹן | taḥtôn} ‘lower,’ distinguishing it from an upper counterpart.
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 16:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word גְּב֧וּל (gvul) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W5.S1) and character.