Joshua 17:9:2Josh.17.9.W2TAB
הַגְּבוּל֩
haggevul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- hag-GE-vul
- Extended
- hahg-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /hagˈɡevul/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hag-GE-vul
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-RAD hag-GE-vul NA-khal ka-NA
- clause
ve-ya-RAD hag-GE-vul NA-khal ka-NA NEG-ba la-NA-khal a-REEM ha-E-le le-ef-RA-yim be-TOKH a-REI me-na-SHE
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD hag-GE-vul NA-khal ka-NA NEG-ba la-NA-khal a-REEM ha-E-le le-ef-RA-yim be-TOKH a-REI me-na-SHE u-ge-VUL me-na-SHE mits-POHN la-NA-khal va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential verb veyarad {וְיָרַד | wə-yā-rǎḏ} ‘and it went down’, marking movement of the subject haggevul {הַגְּבוּל | ha-gĕ-vûl} ‘the boundary’.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“border, boundary”
In context — Joshua 17:9
And the boundary went down to the wadi Kanah; south of the wadi these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the boundary of Manasseh was on the north side of the wadi, and its outgoings were toward the sea .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 17:9, so the Hebrew word הַגְּבוּל֩ (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.17.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.9.W2.S1) and character.