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גָּבַל

gaval · set a boundary

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1379 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

gaval (גָּבַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “set a boundary”.

Set a limit or a boundary; border on.

How to say it

ga·val

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Mark how far one may go; lie next to a place.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Set limits around ×1
  • You shall set limits for ×1
  • bordered it ×1
  • have set ×1
  • which borders ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 19:12

    You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up on the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

  • Exodus 19:23

    Moses said to YHWH, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”

  • Deuteronomy 19:14

    You shall not move the boundary of your neighbor, which the first generations have set in your inheritance that you will inherit in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.

  • Joshua 18:20

    And the Jordan bordered it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders all around, according to their families.

  • Zechariah 9:2

    And also Hamath, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though she is very wise.