1 Samuel 13:18:151 Sam.13.18.W15TAB
הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃
hamidbara
“toward the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-ba-RA
- Extended
- hah-mihd-bah-RAA
- IPA
- /ham.midbaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mid-ba-RA
- clause
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-ne DE-rekh BET kho-RON ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
Exegesis
Finally the directional he in ha-midbarah {הַמִּדְבָּרָה | ha-mid-bar-ā-h} ‘toward-the-wilderness’ indicates movement toward the desert region. The parallel structure highlights distribution of forces, which is maintained in English SVO order while preserving Hebrew coordination and participle emphasis.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“wilderness”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:18
And one company turned toward the road to Beth Horon, and one company turned toward the road to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 13:18, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃ (hamidbara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.13.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.18.W15.S1) and character.