Joshua 16:6:2Josh.16.6.W2TAB
הַגְּב֜וּל
haggevul
“the boundary”
- Transliteration
- hag-GE-vul
- Extended
- hahg-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /hag.gəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the boundary
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 | |
| 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
hag-GE-vul
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO ve-a-VAR o-TO mi-miz-RAKH ya-NO-kha
Exegesis
The definite noun hagvul {הַגְּב֛וּל | ha-gə-vul} recurs to maintain topic continuity.
Root and etymology
g-b-l
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 16:6
And the border went out from there toward the sea, with Mikmethath on the north side; then the border turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and it passed beyond it on the east to Janoah .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 16:6, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֜וּל (haggevul) 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.16.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.6.W2.S1) and character.