Numbers 21:13:9Num.21.13.W9TAB
מִגְּב֣וּל
migvul
“from the border”
- Transliteration
- mig-VUL
- Extended
- mihg-VOOL
- IPA
- /miɡˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mig-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI
- clause
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI KI ar-NON gvuL mo-AV BEIN mo-AV u-BEIN ha-e-mo-RI
Exegesis
The participle hayotze {הַיֹּצֵא | hayyōṣēʾ} ‘that comes out’ emphasizes the river emerging from migbul {מִגְּב֣וּל | mi-ḡeḇul} ‘border’ of the gentilic haemori {הָאֱמֹרִי | hā-ʾe-mōrî}.
Root and etymology
RootGimel–Bet–Lamed
“boundary”
In context — Numbers 21:13
From there they traveled and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness , coming out from the border of the Amorite ; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:13, so the Hebrew word מִגְּב֣וּל (migvul) 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.21.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.13.W9.S1) and character.