Numbers 20:23:6Num.20.23.W6TAB

עַל־גְּב֥וּל

algevul

“on the border”

Transliteration: al-ge-VUL
Extended: ahl-geh-VOOL
IPA: /ʕalˈɡəvuːl/

Meaning by language

English: on the border

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עַל + גְּ + ב֥וּל

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al + ge + vul

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algevul

Alphabet Analysis

	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Lamed	l as in law
	Gimel	g as in good
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Lamed	l as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
al-ge-VUL
phraseyour reading level
al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM
clause
al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR

Exegesis

The locative compound bəhor hāhar {בְּהֹר הָהָר | bə-hōr hā-hār} precisely situates the event “at Mount Hor,” while the construct chain ʿal-gəvul ʾerets-ʾedom {עַל־גְּב֥וּל אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם | ʿal g e-vul ʾerets ʾe-dōm} anchors it “on the border of the land of Edom.”

Root and etymology

GBLgimel–bet–lamed

“boundary”

In context — Numbers 20:23

And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,

About this coordinate

Numbers 20:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 20:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־גְּב֥וּל (algevul) 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 Num.20.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.23.W6.S1) and character.

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