Joshua 19:22:9Josh.19.22.W9TAB
גְּבוּלָ֖ם
gevulam
“of their border”
- Transliteration
- gevu-LAM
- Extended
- geh-voo-LAHM
- IPA
- /ɡəvuˈlam/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gevu-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
tot-se-OT gevu-LAM
- clause
u-pa-GA hag-GVUL be-ta-VOR u-sha-kha-TSU-ma ve-sha-kha-TSI-ma u-VEIT SHE-mesh ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT gevu-LAM hai-yar-DEN
- sentence
u-pa-GA hag-GVUL be-ta-VOR u-sha-kha-TSU-ma ve-sha-kha-TSI-ma u-VEIT SHE-mesh ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT gevu-LAM hai-yar-DEN a-RIM shesh es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive in ve-hayu {וְהָי֛וּ | wə-hā-yû} introduces a result clause where totzeot {תֹּצְא֥וֹת | tō-ṣə-ʾōṯ} “goings-out” and ge-vulam {גְּבוּלָ֖ם | gə-vū-lām} “their boundary” link to ha-yarden {הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן | ha-yar-dēn} “the Jordan.”
Root and etymology
Rootg-b-l
“boundary, border”
In context — Joshua 19:22
And the boundary reached Tabor, Shahatzimah, and Beth Shemesh, and the outgoings of their boundary were at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities along with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 19:22, so the Hebrew word גְּבוּלָ֖ם (gevulam) 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.19.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.22.W9.S1) and character.