Exodus 14:3:10Exod.14.3.W10TAB
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
hammidbar
“the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ham-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hahm-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ham.mid.ˈbaːr/
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
ham-mid-BAR
- clause
sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The perfect verb sagar {סָ֥גַר | sāgar} ‘has shut in’ takes alehem {עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ălê-hem} ‘upon them’ as its object, with hammidbar {הַמִּדְבָּֽר | hammiddāḇār} personified as agent. This shift from confusion to confinement underscores Pharaoh’s strategic outlook and heightens Israel’s vulnerability.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רdaleth-bet-resh
“wilderness, uninhabited land”
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (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.14.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W10.S1) and character.