Exodus 13:18:5Exod.13.18.W5TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר
hammidbar
“the wilderness toward”
- Transliteration
- ham-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ham.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wilderness toward
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
ham-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR
- clause
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR yam-SUF
- sentence
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR yam-SUF va-kha-mu-SHIM a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The genitival construction derekh ha-midbar {דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר | dereḵ hammīḏbār} ‘road of the wilderness’ identifies a specific desert passage.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“to speak”
In context — Exodus 13:18
So God redirected the people by the wilderness road toward the Sea of Reeds, and the sons of Israel went up armed from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 13:18, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (hammidbar) 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 Exod.13.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.18.W5.S1) and character.