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Numbers 34:6
“And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גְּבוּלgᵉbûwl · gheb-ool'
H1366 · Hebrew
H1366 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
- Derivation
- or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל);
- KJV renderings
- border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- גְב֣וּל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 241 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:19Genesis 23:17Genesis 47:21Exodus 7:27Exodus 10:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גְּבוּל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.