Joshua 18:13:3Josh.18.13.W3TAB

הַגְּב֜וּל

haggvul

the border

Transliteration
hag-GVUL
Extended
hahg-GVUUL
IPA
/hagːəˈvuːl/

Meaning by language

English
the border

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַגְּ + ב֜וּל
hag + gvul
haggvul

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    hag-GVUL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL

  3. clause

    ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL

  4. sentence

    ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON

Root and etymology

Rootgimel–bet–lamed

boundary

In contextJoshua 18:13

And the boundary crossed over from there to Luz to the slope of Luz southward—it is Bethel—and descended to Ataroth Addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:13, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֜וּל (haggvul) 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.18.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.13.W3.S1) and character.