Joshua 19:14:3Josh.19.14.W3TAB
הַגְּב֔וּל
haggevul
“the boundary”
- Transliteration
- hag-GEV-ul
- Extended
- hahg-geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /hag.gəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
hag-GEV-ul
- clause
ve-na-SAV o-TO hag-GEV-ul mitstse-FON khan-na-TON
- sentence
ve-na-SAV o-TO hag-GEV-ul mitstse-FON khan-na-TON ve-ha-YU totse-O-taiv GEI yif-TACH-EL
Exegesis
The pronoun ’ō-ṯô {אֹתוֹ | ’ō-ṯô} ‘it’ restates the feminine noun ha-ge-vûl {הַגְּבוּל | ha-ge-vûl} ‘the boundary’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootg-b-l
“border or limit”
In context — Joshua 19:14
And the boundary turned northward of Hannathon, and its end was at the Valley of Iphtah El.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:14, so the Hebrew word הַגְּב֔וּל (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.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.14.W3.S1) and character.