Joshua 18:11:2Josh.18.11.W2TAB
גּוֹרַ֛ל
goral
“the lot”
- Transliteration
- go-RAL
- Extended
- goh-RAHL
- IPA
- /ɡoˈʁal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
go-RAL
- clause
va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-TSE ge-VUL go-ra-LAM BEIN be-NEI ye-hu-DAH u-VEIN be-NEI yo-SEF
Exegesis
The direct object goral {גּוֹרַ֛ל | gō-ral} ‘lot’ denotes the divinely overseen selection, linked to matteh {מַטֵּ֥ה | maṭ-tê} ‘tribe’ in a construct with benei {בְנֵֽי | bə-nê} Binyamin {בִנְיָמִ֖ן | bin-ya-min} ‘sons of Benjamin,’ while lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם | lə-mish-pe-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ marks sub-tribal divisions.
Root and etymology
g-r-lgimel–resh–lamed
“to cast lots”
In context — Joshua 18:11
And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families , and the border of their allotted share came out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:11, so the Hebrew word גּוֹרַ֛ל (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.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.11.W2.S1) and character.