גְּבוּל

גְּבוּלI (b. h.; גבל) (heap, mound, 1) landmark, boundary; limit; qualification. B. Bath.69b (ref. to Gen. 23:17) מי שצריך לג׳ סביב such trees as require boundaries (small trees, are included in the sale). Ab. Zar.24b ג׳ יש לה this assertion (לוקחין מהן בחמה לקרבן, ib. 23b) must be qualified. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b top (ref. to Is. 28:25) ע״כ גְּבוּלוֹ של לחם so far goes the definition of bread, i. e. only these species can be called leḥem. 2) (in gen.) country, contrad. to the sanctuary (מקדש) and Jerusalem. Keth.24b, a. fr. קדשי הנ׳ the sacred gifts (Trumah ) set apart and consumed outside of the Temple and Jerusalem.Pl. גְּבוּלִים, גְּבוּלִין. B. Bath.56a עיירות העומרות על הג׳ border-towns.Shek. VII, 3 נמצא בג׳ if found outside of Jerusalem. R. Hash. 30a; a. fr.V. גּוֹבֶל.