Joshua 21:5:10Josh.21.5.W10TAB
בַּגּוֹרָ֖ל
bagoral
“by lot”
- Transliteration
- ba-go-RAL
- Extended
- bah-goh-RAHL
- IPA
- /ba.goˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- by lot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ba-go-RAL
- sentence
ve-li-vnei ke-HAT ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TE-E-fra-YIM u-mi-mat-TE-DAN u-me-kha-TZI mat-TE me-na-SHE ba-go-RAL a-RIM a-SER
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-goral {בַּגּוֹרָל | ba-ǵō-rāl} ‘by the lot’ introduces the method of allocation.
Root and etymology
g-r-lgimel–resh–lamed
“lot, allotment by casting”
In context — Joshua 21:5
And to the sons of Kohath, the remaining ones , by lot ten cities were allotted from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from half the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 21:5, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹרָ֖ל (bagoral) 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.21.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.5.W10.S1) and character.