גבול
See also: גבֿול
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡvul/
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Noun
גְּבוּל • (gvúl) m (plural indefinite גְּבוּלוֹת, singular construct גְּבוּל־, plural construct גְּבוּלוֹת־) [pattern: קְטוּל]
- 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
- 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.
Descendants
- → Yiddish: גבֿול (gvul)
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
Yiddish
Noun
גבול • (gvul) m, plural גבֿולן (gvuln)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of גבֿול (gvul).