גְּבוּל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. A border, a boundary, a limit, a line: a line dividing two fields, or two cities, or two countries, or the like.
2. The area within a set of borders.
3. An edge, an end, a limit.
4. Used figuratively.
Pronunciation
g'vúl
Examples76
גְּבוּל חַיָּיו
his end [literally the end of his life]
זאת הייתה השגת גְּבוּל.
I was trespassing.
השאפתנות שֶׁלּוֹ לֹא יוֹדַעַת גְּבוּלוֹת.
His ambition knows no bounds.
אַתָּה עוֹבֵר גְּבוּל עַכְשָׁו.
You are stepping over a line now.
אַתְּ עוֹבֶרֶת גְּבוּל עַכְשָׁו.
You are stepping over a line now.
אֲנִי חוֹשֶׁבֶת שֶׁתּוֹם עָבַר אֵת הַגְּבוּל.
I think Tom was out of line.