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title: גָּבַל — bound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּבַל (1379), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: bound. BDB 1906: vb.denom. bound, border. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּבַל

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«גָּבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bound** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1379 · **BDB:** גָּבַל

### Glosses

\[which\].it.borders (1); it.borders (1); set.bounds.for (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1379/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. bound, border [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1379/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. bound, border— Pf. גָּֽבְלוּ Dt 19:14; Impf. 3 ms. יִגְבּוֹל Jos 18:20, 3 fs. תִּגְבָּל־ Zc 9:2;—bound, border, c. acc. Jos 18:20 (P); c. בְּ border upon, adjoin Zc 9:2; trans. set bounds Dt 19:14 (c. acc. cogn.) Pf. 2 ms. set bounds for, c. acc. וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֫ Ex 19:12; Imv. id. הַגְבֵּל v 23 (both JE), + Pt. מַגְבִּיל Ez 47:18 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Co.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1379/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.2/)

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וְגַם־חֲמָ֖ת תִּגְבָּל־בָּ֑הּ צֹ֣ר וְצִיד֔וֹן כִּ֥י חָֽכְמָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and also Hamath \[which\].it.borders on it Tyre and Sidon (dm) it.is.wise exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.

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[Joshua 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.20/)

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וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן יִגְבֹּל־אֹת֖וֹ לִפְאַת־קֵ֑דְמָה זֹ֡את נַחֲלַת֩ בְּנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֧ן לִגְבֽוּלֹתֶ֛יהָ סָבִ֖יב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the Jordan it.borders it to.\[the\] side of eastward this \[was\].the.inheritance of.the.descendants of.Benjamin to borders its around to clans their

*JPS 1917:* And the Jordan was to be the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.

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