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title: גְּבוּלָה — border · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּבוּלָה (1367), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: border. BDB 1906: n.f. border, boundary. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּבוּלָה

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«גְּבוּלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **border** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 1367 · **BDB:** גְּבוּלָה

### Glosses

borders (6); \[the\].borders (2); border (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

border [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1367/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. border, boundary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1367/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. border, boundary—sf. גְּבֻלָתוֹ Is 28:25; Pl. abs. גְּבֻלֹת Nu 32:33, גְּבֻלוֹת Jb 24:2; cstr. גְּבוּלוֹת ψ 74:17, גְּבוּלֹת Is 10:13, גְּבֻלֹת Dt 32:8; sf. גְּבוּלֹתֶיהָ Jos 18:20; 19:49, גְבֻלֹתֶיהָ Nu 34:2, 12; border, boundary of the earth (poet.) ψ 74:17; of peoples Is 10:13 Dt 32:8 (poem); of land of Canaan Nu 34:2, 12 (P) Jos 19:49 (JE); of a tribe Jos 18:20 (P); of territory about cities Nu 32:33 (P?); of a piece of ground Jb 24:2; of barley-field Is 28:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּבוּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1367/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.2/)

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גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* borders people.reach flock\[s\] they.seize and they.have.pastured.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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[Psalms 74:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.17/)

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אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃

*Word for word:* you you.established all \[the\].borders of.\[the\].earth summer and winter you you formed.them

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

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