גבול
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Hebrew[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ג־ב־ל (g-b-l) |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡvul/
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Noun[edit]
גְּבוּל • (gvúl) m (plural indefinite גְּבוּלוֹת, singular construct גְּבוּל־, plural construct גְּבוּלוֹת־)
- A border, a boundary, a limit, a line: a line dividing two fields, or two cities, or two countries, or the like.
- The area within a set of borders.
- An edge, an end, a limit.
- גבול חייו ― gvúl-khayáv ― his end [literally the end of his life]
- Used figuratively.
- (גְּבוּל־, gvúl-) Singular construct state form of גְּבוּל.
Usage notes[edit]
- In addition to the plural forms in ־וֹת (-ót) given above, the regular plural forms are attested as well: גְּבוּלִים (gvulím), גְּבוּלֵי־ (gvuléi-). These are much less common, however.
References[edit]
- “גְּבוּל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 154.
- H1366 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible