Joshua 19:17:3Josh.19.17.W3TAB

הַגּוֹרָ֣ל

hagoral

the lot

Transliteration
ha-go-RAL
Extended
hah-goh-RAAL
IPA
/haɡoˈraːl/

Meaning by language

English
the lot

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + גּוֹ + רָ֣ל
ha + go + ral
hagoral

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-go-RAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-go-RAL har-vee-EE

  3. clause

    le-yi-sa-SKAR ya-TSA ha-go-RAL har-vee-EE

  4. sentence

    le-yi-sa-SKAR ya-TSA ha-go-RAL har-vee-EE liv-NEI yi-sa-SKAR le-mish-pe-KHO-tam

Exegesis

The perfect verb yatsa {יָצָא | yā-ṣāʾ} ‘came out’ denotes the result of casting, immediately followed by the head noun ha-gô-rāl {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gô-rāl} ‘lot’.

Root and etymology

Rootgimel–resh–lamed

lot

In contextJoshua 19:17

For Issachar the fourth lot came out for the sons of Issachar according to their clans .

About this coordinate

Joshua 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:17, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹרָ֣ל (hagoral) 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.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.17.W3.S1) and character.