בַּמִּדְבָּר֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּמִּדְבָּר֙

   ba-mid-BAR

   in the wilderness
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהֽוּא־הָלַ֤ךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙

   ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR

   and he went in the wilderness
3. clause🔊 וְהֽוּא־הָלַ֤ךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ י֔וֹם וַיָּבֹ֕א וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אחת אֶחָ֑ד

   ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD

   and he went in the wilderness a way or journey a day and he came and he sat under a broom plant or broom tree one {feminine} one
4. sentence🔊 וְהֽוּא־הָלַ֤ךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ י֔וֹם וַיָּבֹ֕א וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אחת אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ לָמ֔וּת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר רַ֗ב עַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ קַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־לֹא־ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵאֲבֹתָֽי׃

   ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI

   and he went in the wilderness a way or journey a day and he came and he sat under a broom plant or broom tree one {feminine} one and he asked his life {direct object marker plus his soul} to die and he said enough or much now LORD take my life or my soul for not good I from my fathers or than my fathers

Exegesis

The phrase bamidbar derekh yom {בַּמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם | ba·mid·bār de·reḵ yōm} ‘a day’s journey into the wilderness’ combines direction and duration.

Root and etymology

d-b-r🔊 ד־ב־רDaled, Bet, Resh

“word, matter”

• 🔊 מִדְבָּרmidbārwildernessExodus 19:2