גְּבוּל I (b. h.; גבל) [heap, mound,] 1) landmark, boundary; limit; qualification. B. Bath. 69ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XXIII, 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 בהמה לקרבן, ib. 23ᵇ) must be qualified. Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᵇ top (ref. to Is. XXVIII, 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 הג׳ the sacred gifts (T’rumah &c.) set apart and consumed outside of the Temple and Jerusalem.—Pl. גְּבוּלִים, גְּבוּלִין. B. Bath. 56ᵃ עיירות העומדות על הג׳ border-towns.—Shek. VII, 3 נמצא בג׳ if found outside of Jerusalem. R. Hash. 30ᵃ; a. fr.—V. גּוֹבֶל.