2 Samuel 15:28:62 Sam.15.28.W6TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר
hamidbar
“the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /ham.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mid-BAR
- clause
re-U a-no-KHI mit-ma-he-MEH-ha be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT ha-mid-BAR
- sentence
re-U a-no-KHI mit-ma-he-MEH-ha be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT ha-mid-BAR AD BO da-VAR me-im-ma-KHEM le-ha-GID LI
Exegesis
Two successive locative phrases—baavarot {בַעֲבָרוֹת | baʿăḇārôṯ} ‘river crossings’ and be’arvot {בְּעַֽרְב֖וֹת | bəʿarvōṯ} ‘open plains’—situate the speaker within the wilderness context of hamidbar {הַמִדְבָּר | hammidbār}.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“wilderness, uninhabited land”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:28
See, I am lingering at the fords in the plains of the wilderness until a word comes from you to tell me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 15:28, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר (hamidbar) 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 2 Sam.15.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.28.W6.S1) and character.