Joshua 18:11:8Josh.18.11.W8TAB
גּֽוֹרָלָ֔ם
goralam
“of their lot”
- Transliteration
- go-ra-LAM
- Extended
- goh-rah-LAHM
- IPA
- /ɡoːraˈlam/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
go-ra-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL go-ra-LAM
- clause
va-ye-TSE ge-VUL go-ra-LAM BEIN be-NEI ye-hu-DAH u-VEIN be-NEI yo-SEF
- 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
In the second clause vayetze {וַיֵּצֵא֙ | way-yē-ṣēʾ} ‘and it went out’ introduces gevul {גְּבו֣ל | gə-vul} ‘border’ belonging to goralam {גּוֹרָלָ֔ם | gō-rā-lām} ‘their lot.’
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 18:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:11, so the Hebrew word גּֽוֹרָלָ֔ם (goralam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.11.W8.S1) and character.