Joshua 18:20:2Josh.18.20.W2TAB
יִגְבֹּל־אֹת֖וֹ
yigboloto
“will be its boundary”
- Transliteration
- yig-BOL-O-to
- Extended
- yig-BOHL-OH-toh
- IPA
- /jiɡˈbol-ʔoˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be its boundary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yig-BOL-O-to
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-yar-DEN yig-BOL-O-to
- clause
ve-ha-yar-DEN yig-BOL-O-to lif-AT-KED-ma
- sentence
ve-ha-yar-DEN yig-BOL-O-to lif-AT-KED-ma ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI bin-ya-MIN lig-vu-lo-TE-ha sa-VIV le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The verb yigbol {יִגְבֹּל | yiḡ-bōl} ‘will border’ is a Qal imperfect third person masculine singular describing boundary function.
The pronoun oto {אֹתוֹ | ’ōṯō} ‘it’ marks the direct object.
In context — Joshua 18:20
And the Jordan shall be its boundary on the eastern side; this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to its boundaries all around by their families .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:20, so the Hebrew word יִגְבֹּל־אֹת֖וֹ (yigboloto) 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.18.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.20.W2.S1) and character.