Joshua 17:8:6Josh.17.8.W6TAB
אֶל־גְּב֥וּל
elgevul
“on the border”
- Transliteration
- el-ge-VUL
- Extended
- el-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ʔel.gəˈvul/
Meaning by language
- English
- on 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ge-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
el-ge-VUL me-na-SHEH
- clause
ve-ta-PU-akh el-ge-VUL me-na-SHEH liv-NEI ef-RA-yim
- sentence
li-me-na-SHEH hai-TAH E-retz ta-PU-akh ve-ta-PU-akh el-ge-VUL me-na-SHEH liv-NEI ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The conjunction v- in vettappuach {וְתַפּוּחַ | wə-ṭappû-ăḥ} shifts focus to the specific locale Tappuah, while the preposition el {אֶל | ʾel} introduces the spatial clause el-gevul menasheh {אֶל־גְּב֥וּל מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | ʾel-gə-vûl mə-nash-sheh} ‘on the border of Manasseh’.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet–lamed
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 17:8
The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on the border of Manasseh went to the sons of Ephraim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 17:8, 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.17.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.8.W6.S1) and character.