ג־ב־ל
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Denominated from גְּבוּל. Compare Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”) in the sense of serving as a boundary between two flatlands.
Root
[edit]ג־ב־ל • (g-b-l)
- Related to limits, boundaries, borders.
Etymology 2
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Root
[edit]ג־ב־ל • (g-b-l)
Etymology 3
[edit]Compare Arabic جَبَلَ (jabala, “to mold, knead, create”), from the root ج ب ل (j-b-l).
Root
[edit]ג־ב־ל • (g-b-l)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ג־ב־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “ג־ב־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “גבל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 90
- A. Murtonen (1989) “GBL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 125
- A. Murtonen (1989) “GBL II”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126