Joshua 18:19:9Josh.18.19.W9TAB
הַגְּב֗וּל
haggevul
“of the boundary”
- Transliteration
- hag-GEV-ul
- Extended
- hahg-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /to.tsəˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the boundary
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-GEV-ul
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul
- clause
ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah
- sentence
ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah ZEH GE-vul NE-gev
Exegesis
A periphrastic clause vehayah vehayu tetza’otav totze’ot hagvul {והיה וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל | wə-hā-yāh wə-hā-yū te-tsa-ʾō-ṯāw tō-ṣə-ʾō-ṯʾ ha-ǧə-būl} uses two perfect verbs in sequence to emphasize legal precision regarding boundary outgoings, followed by a disambiguated pair tetza’otav (construct) and totze’ot (absolute) ‘its goings out, goings out.’
Root and etymology
RootGimel–Bet–Lamed
“border, territory”
In context — Joshua 18:19
And the boundary passed along to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah, and its goings out were at the northern tongue of the Salt Sea, to the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:19, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֗וּל (haggevul) 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.18.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.19.W9.S1) and character.