Words the Bible translates as border
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- pe'ahפֵּאָהa side, edge, or corner: the outer face or boundary of something, whether a direction, a margin, or a far extremity
- qetsקֵץthe end: the point at which something stops, whether a stretch of time runs out, a quantity reaches its limit, or a decreed reckoning finally arrives
- qatsahקָצָהthe end or outer edge of something: its farthest point, rim, or border
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa bordering frame: the rim, molding, or set-in side panels running around a piece of furniture or equipment
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- a fortified enclosed place: a stronghold or fastness people are shut inside and forced to come out of
- kraspedonκράσπεδονthe tassel worn on the corner of the outer cloak, which the Law of Moses commanded Israelites to wear; more broadly, the edge or fringe of a garment
- gevulahגְּבוּלָהboundaries: the lines that mark where one piece of land ends and the next begins, and the ground those lines enclose
- zerזֵרa molding: the narrow raised band of gold running around the edge of a piece of tabernacle furniture
- ta'arתָּאַרto trace a line: to mark out where an edge runs, whether a boundary across the land or an outline on a block of wood
- gavalגָּבַלto bordernot studied yet
- gelilahגְלִילָהbordernot studied yet
- torתּוֹרa place in an order or sequence, whether a person's rank or a line of succession
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