Joshua 21:6:12Josh.21.6.W12TAB
בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל
bagoral
“by lot”
- Transliteration
- ba-go-RAL
- Extended
- bah-goh-RAHL
- IPA
- /baggoˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- by lot
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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-vne ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TEH-yi-sa-SKHAR u-mi-mat-TEH-a-SHER u-mi-mat-TEH naf-ta-LI u-me-kha-TSI mat-TEH me-na-SHEH va-ba-SHAN ba-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
The adverbial bagoral {בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל | ba-gō-rāl} ‘by lot’ signals the authorized procedure for determining the assignment, and its placement before the object highlights method before outcome.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–vav–resh
“lot, portion”
In context — Joshua 21:6
And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 21:6, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל (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.21.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.6.W12.S1) and character.