Exodus 14:11:8Exod.14.11.W8TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.mid.ˈbaːr/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- clause
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The paired infinitives le-kachtanu {לְקַחְתָּנוּ | lə-qaḥ-tā-nû} ‘you have taken us’ and la-mut {לָמוּת | lā-mût} ‘to die’ express purpose, with ba-midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-middbār} ‘in the wilderness’ specifying location.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“wilderness, uncultivated land”
In context — Exodus 14:11
And they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? What is this that you have done to us in bringing us out of Egypt ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 14:11, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (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 Exod.14.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W8.S1) and character.