Exodus 15:22:9Exod.15.22.W9TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.mið.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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-lo-MA-tse-u MA-yim
- sentence
va-yas-SA mo-SHE et-yis-ra-EL mi-yam-SUF va-ye-tse-U el-mid-bar-SHUR va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-lo-MA-tse-u MA-yim
Exegesis
The temporal expression sheloshet-yamim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים | še-lō-šeṯ-yā-mîm} ‘three days’ specifies duration, while the locative ba-midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba mid-bār} ‘in the wilderness’ situates the action.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“wilderness, desert”
In context — Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel out from the Sea of Reeds into the wilderness of Shur. They journeyed three days in the wilderness and did not find water.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 15:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (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.15.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.22.W9.S1) and character.