Psalm 16:6:1Ps.16.6.W1TAB
חֲבָלִ֣ים
chavalim
“boundary lines”
- Transliteration
- cha-va-LIM
- Extended
- chah-vaa-LIM
- IPA
- /ħăvɔˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- boundary lines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
cha-va-LIM
- clause
cha-va-LIM na-FLU-LI ban-ne-i-MIM
- sentence
cha-va-LIM na-FLU-LI ban-ne-i-MIM AF-na-cha-LAT shaf-RA a-LAI
Exegesis
chavalim {חֲבָלִ֣ים | ḥă-ḇā-lîm} ‘boundary lines’ functions as the subject, followed by nafluli {נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י | nā-p̄ə-lū} ‘have fallen to me’, a Qal perfect with first person suffix indicating reception.
Root and etymology
Rooth-b-l
“cord, measuring line”
In context — Psalm 16:6
The boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; indeed, a beautiful inheritance has come upon me .
About this coordinate
Psalm 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 16:6, so the Hebrew word חֲבָלִ֣ים (chavalim) 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 Ps.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.16.6.W1.S1) and character.