1 Samuel 23:14:31 Sam.23.14.W3TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙
vamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- va-mid-BAR
- Extended
- vah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /vam.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHEV da-VID va-mid-BAR
- clause
va-ye-SHEV da-VID va-mid-BAR va-me-tsa-DOT va-ye-SHEV ba-HAR be-mid-BAR-ZIF
- sentence
va-ye-SHEV da-VID va-mid-BAR va-me-tsa-DOT va-ye-SHEV ba-HAR be-mid-BAR-ZIF va-ye-vak-SHE-hu sha-UL kol-ha-ya-MIM ve-LO-ne-ta-NU e-lo-HIM be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The locative prepositional phrases bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-miḏ-bār} and bametsudot {בַּמְּצוּדוֹת | ba-me-ṣû-ḏōṯ} function as a spatial frame, emphasizing David’s refuge.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“wilderness”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds , and he remained on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him continually, but God did not give him into Saul’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 23:14, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (vamidbar) 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.23.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.14.W3.S1) and character.