Joshua 19:24:2Josh.19.24.W2TAB

הַגּוֹרָ֣ל

hagoral

the lot

Transliteration
ha-go-RAL
Extended
hah-goh-RAAL
IPA
/ha.goˈraːl/

Meaning by language

English
the lot

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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 ha-kha-mi-SHI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-kha-mi-SHI le-ma-TE be-NEI-a-SHER le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

Exegesis

The noun haggôral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gō-rāl} ‘the lot’ functions as subject, modified by the ordinal haḥamišî {הַחֲמִישִׁי | ha-ḥă-mî-šî} ‘the fifth’.

Root and etymology

Rootgimel–resh–lamed

lot

In contextJoshua 19:24

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their clans .

About this coordinate

Joshua 19:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:24, 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.19.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.24.W2.S1) and character.