Numbers 21:24:12Num.21.24.W12TAB
גְּב֖וּל
gevul
“the border”
- Transliteration
- ge-VUL
- Extended
- geh-VOOL
- IPA
- /ɡəˈvuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the border
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-VUL
- clause
va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The causal clause ki az gevul benei-ammon {כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן | kî ʿaz gəvul bə-nê‒ʿammōn} ‘for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong’ explains why Israel’s advance did not proceed beyond this fortified boundary.
Root and etymology
RootGimel–Bet–Lamed
“boundary”
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:24, so the Hebrew word גְּב֖וּל (gevul) 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.21.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W12.S1) and character.