2 Samuel 17:16:102 Sam.17.16.W10TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר
hamidbar
“of the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /hammidˈbɔːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
- phraseyour reading level
be-ar-VOt ha-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-a-TA shil-KHU me-he-RA ve-ha-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR al-TA-len ha-LAI-la be-ar-VOt ha-mid-BAR ve-GAM a-VOR ta-a-VOR
- sentence
ve-a-TA shil-KHU me-he-RA ve-ha-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR al-TA-len ha-LAI-la be-ar-VOt ha-mid-BAR ve-GAM a-VOR ta-a-VOR PEN ye-vu-LA la-ME-lekh u-le-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO
Exegesis
The locative be-arvot hammidbar {בְּעַרְבוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר | bə-ʿarvōṯ ham-midhbār} specifies the desert’s crossing areas.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“wilderness”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:16
And now send quickly and tell David, saying, “Do not lodge tonight at the wilderness crossings , but cross over at once, lest the king and all the people with him be swallowed up.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (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.17.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.16.W10.S1) and character.