Joshua 18:20:8Josh.18.20.W8TAB
לִגְבֽוּלֹתֶ֛יהָ
ligvuloteha
“according to its boundaries”
- Transliteration
- lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
- Extended
- lig-voo-loh-TEH-hah
- IPA
- /liɡvuːloˈtehaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to its boundaries
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
na-kha-LAT be-NEI bin-ya-MIN lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
- clause
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI bin-ya-MIN lig-vu-lo-TE-ha sa-VIV le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- 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 construct ligvuloteyha {לִגְבֽוּלֹתֶ֛יהָ | li-gvu-lō-tē-hā} ‘according to its boundaries’, the adverb saviv {סָבִיב | sā-vîv} ‘all around’, and the prepositional phrase lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם | lə-mish-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘by their families’ specify territorial limits. Hebrew’s construct chains and locative elements organize the boundary description, which is rendered in English by preserving spatial logic and sequence.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–bet–lamed
“boundary, limit”
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 18:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:20, so the Hebrew word לִגְבֽוּלֹתֶ֛יהָ (ligvuloteha) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.20.W8.S1) and character.