Lexicon / H1379
גָּבַל
ga.val
  • to border
  • bound
  • border

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to border

1) to bound, border

1a) (Qal) to bound, border

1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: bound; border

Root √גבל: גבל מִגְבָּלֹת ,גַּבְלֻת גְּבוּל גָּבַל גָּבַל גְּבַל גַּבְלֶת twist, wind cord boundary bound, border mix, knead create, fashion massive mountain Arabic Syriac Arabic gablu (acc. to Thes orig. whence not only, but also(and then), as determined by measuring cord, or line, whence vb. denom. q. v. infr.; NH, Aram.mean; Ar. Syr.=; MV assume meaning, whence Ar.(cf. As.HA 48), and as originally earth-wall, etc. serving as boundary; this explainsetc. less well).

גָּבַל vb. denom bound border Qal bound border , Hiph. set bounds for .