1 Samuel 23:15:81 Sam.23.15.W8TAB
בַּמִּדְבַּר־זִ֖יף
bamidbarzif
“in the wilderness of Ziph”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR-ZIF
- Extended
- bah-meed-BAHR-ZEEF
- IPA
- /bam.midˈbar.ziːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the wilderness of Ziph
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR-ZIF
- clause
ve-da-VID ba-mid-BAR-ZIF ba-KHOR-sha
- sentence
va-YAR da-VID KI-ya-TSA sha-UL le-vak-KESH ET-na-FSHO ve-da-VID ba-mid-BAR-ZIF ba-KHOR-sha
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence ba-midbar Zif ba-choreshah {בַּמִּדְבָּר זִיף בַּחֹרְשָׁה | ba·mid·bār zîp̄ ba·ḥō·rešā} progresses from the wilderness of Ziph to the specific wooded location of Horesh, a movement preserved in the translation’s locative phrases.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“desert, wilderness”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:15
David understood that Saul had gone out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 23:15, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבַּר־זִ֖יף (bamidbarzif) 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.23.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.15.W8.S1) and character.