Numbers 21:15:8Num.21.15.W8TAB
לִגְב֥וּל
ligvul
“to the border of”
- Transliteration
- lig-VUL
- Extended
- lig-VOOL
- IPA
- /liɡˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the border of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lig-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
lig-VUL mo-AV
- clause
ve-nish-AN lig-VUL mo-AV
- sentence
ve-e-SHED han-ne-KHA-lim a-SHER na-TA le-SHE-vet AR ve-nish-AN lig-VUL mo-AV
Exegesis
The final phrase li-gvul {לִגְב֥וּל | li-gvul} ‘to border’ links to mō-ʾāḇ {מוֹאָב | mō-ʾāḇ}, marking Moab’s boundary. The English rendering preserves Hebrew directional structure within a single descriptive clause.
Root and etymology
g-b-lgimel–bet–lamed
“boundary, border”
In context — Numbers 21:15
And the slope of the ravines which extends to the settlement of Ar , and leans against the border of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:15, so the Hebrew word לִגְב֥וּל (ligvul) 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.21.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.15.W8.S1) and character.