Joshua 21:8:11Josh.21.8.W11TAB
בַּגּוֹרָֽל׃
bagoral
“by lot”
- Transliteration
- ba-go-RAL
- Extended
- bah-goh-RAAL
- IPA
- /baɡoˈraːl/
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
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
Exegesis
Finally ba-gốrāl {בַּגּוֹרָל | ba-gốrāl} ‘by lot’ specifies the procedural method, and its position at the end mirrors the Hebrew goal-adverbial syntax.
Root and etymology
Rootg-r-l
“lot, portion”
In context — Joshua 21:8
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses by lot.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 21:8, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹרָֽל׃ (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.21.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.8.W11.S1) and character.