Joshua 19:33:2Josh.19.33.W2TAB
גְבוּלָ֗ם
gvulam
“their border”
- Transliteration
- gvu-LAM
- Extended
- gvu-lahm
- IPA
- /ɡvulˈam/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
gvu-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI gvu-LAM
- clause
va-ye-HI gvu-LAM me-KHE-lef me-e-LON be-tsa-a-na-NIM va-a-da-MI ha-NE-kev ve-yav-ne-EL ad-lak-KUM
- sentence
va-ye-HI gvu-LAM me-KHE-lef me-e-LON be-tsa-a-na-NIM va-a-da-MI ha-NE-kev ve-yav-ne-EL ad-lak-KUM va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The construct gevu-lam {גְבוּלָ֗ם | gə-vū-lām} ‘their border’ with a pronominal suffix indicates possession.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“border, limit”
In context — Joshua 19:33
And their border extended from Heleph and the oak in Zaanannim, through Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum, and its terminus was at the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:33, so the Hebrew word גְבוּלָ֗ם (gvulam) 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.19.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.33.W2.S1) and character.