גְּבוּל֑וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 גְּבוּל֑וֹ

   ge-vu-LO

   its border
2. clause🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י הַיָּ֖ם גְּבוּל֑וֹ

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO

   to the south belonging to Ephraim and to the north belonging to Manasseh and was the sea its border
3. sentence🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י הַיָּ֖ם גְּבוּל֑וֹ וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ יִפְגְּע֣וּן מִצָּפ֔וֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO u-ve-a-SHER yif-ge-UN mits-tsa-FON u-ve-yi-sa-SKHAR mim-miz-RAKH

   to the south belonging to Ephraim and to the north belonging to Manasseh and was the sea its border and with Asher they meet from the north and with Issachar from the east

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive wayəhî {וַיְהִ֥י | wayəhî} introduces a result clause where hayyām {הַיָּ֖ם | hayyām} ‘the sea’ functions as geographic limit (gəvūlôw {גְּבוּל֑וֹ | gəvūlôw} ‘its border’).

Root and etymology

g-b-l🔊 ג־ב־ל

“border, boundary”