Joshua 18:10:4Josh.18.10.W4TAB
גּוֹרָ֛ל
goral
“lot”
- Transliteration
- go-RAL
- Extended
- goh-RAAL
- IPA
- /goˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- lot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
go-RAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-LEKH la-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a go-RAL
- clause
va-yash-LEKH la-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a go-RAL be-shi-LO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yash-LEKH la-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a go-RAL be-shi-LO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-makh-lek-TAM
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive conjunction in vayyashlekh {וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ | wā-yāš-lēḵ} to sequence the initial action, followed by goral {גּוֹרָל | gô-ral} as the selection mechanism.
Root and etymology
g-r-lg-r-l
“lot, portion by lot”
In context — Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast the lot for them at Shiloh before the LORD , and there Joshua apportioned the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:10, so the Hebrew word גּוֹרָ֛ל (goral) 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.18.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.10.W4.S1) and character.