Exodus 13:20:6Exod.13.20.W6TAB
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
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
va-ya-kha-NU ve-eh-TAM bik-TSEH ha-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yis-U mi-su-KOT va-ya-kha-NU ve-eh-TAM bik-TSEH ha-mid-BAR
Exegesis
Combined in the construct biketse hamidbar {בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר | biqqṣēh hammidbār} ‘edge of the wilderness,’ the phrase situates the Israelites on the brink of an arid expanse. The formal rendering preserves the ordering of vav-consecutives and literal spatial terms, whereas the dynamic version favors idiomatic flow while retaining geographic precision.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–beth–resh
“wilderness; desert”
In context — Exodus 13:20
And they journeyed from Sukkoth and made camp at Etham on the edge of the wilderness .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 13:20, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (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 Exod.13.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.20.W6.S1) and character.