Joshua 18:15:5Josh.18.15.W5TAB
הַגְּבוּל֙
haggvul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- hag-GVUL
- Extended
- hahg-gev-VOOL
- IPA
- /hagˈɡvul/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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Word in context
- word
hag-GVUL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
- sentence
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
Exegesis
Sequential movement is marked by the vav-consecutive imperfect veyatsa {וְיָצָ֤א | wə-yā-ṣā} 'and it went out', taking ha-gevul {הַגְּבוּל֙ | ha-gĕ-vul} 'the border' with the directional complement yamah {יָ֔מָּה | yā-māh} 'westward'.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet–lamed
“border, limit”
In context — Joshua 18:15
And the southern boundary began at the edge of Kiriath Jearim and then ran westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word הַגְּבוּל֙ (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.18.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W5.S1) and character.