1 Samuel 23:24:81 Sam.23.24.W8TAB
בַּמִּדְבַּ֤ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mihd-BAHR
- IPA
- /bam.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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-mid-BAR ma-ON
- clause
ve-da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ba-mid-BAR ma-ON ba-a-ra-VA EL ye-MIN ha-ye-shi-MON
- sentence
va-YA-ku-MU va-YEL-khu TSI-fa lif-NE sha-UL ve-da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ba-mid-BAR ma-ON ba-a-ra-VA EL ye-MIN ha-ye-shi-MON
Exegesis
The coordination weDavid va'anashav bamidbar Maon {וְדָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו בַּמִּדְבָּר מָעוֹן | wə-Dāwîḏ wa-ʾănāšāyw ba-midbār Mā'ōn} positions David’s group in the wilderness of Maon.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“wilderness”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:24
So they rose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 23:24, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבַּ֤ר (bamidbar) 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.23.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.24.W8.S1) and character.