גבול

Hebrew

Root
ג־ב־ל (g-b-l)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡvul/

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Noun

גְּבוּל • (gvúl) m (plural indefinite גְּבוּלוֹת, singular construct גְּבוּל־, plural construct גְּבוּלוֹת־)

1. A border, a boundary, a limit, a line: a line dividing two fields, or two cities, or two countries, or the like.
2. The area within a set of borders.
3. An edge, an end, a limit.

   גבול חייו ― gvúl-khayáv ― his end [literally the end of his life]

4. Used figuratively.
5. (גְּבוּל־, gvúl-) singular construct state form of גְּבוּל‎.

Usage notes

• 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

• “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

Anagrams

• בלוג