Exodus 16:1:6Exod.16.1.W6TAB
אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִ֔ין
elmidbarsin
“to the wilderness of Sin”
- Transliteration
- el-mid-bar-SIN
- Extended
- el-mid-bahr-SEEN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.mid.bar.ˈsiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wilderness of Sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-mid-bar-SIN
- clause
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI
- sentence
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional clause el-midbar-sin {אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִין | ʾel mid-bār sîn} ‘to the wilderness of Sin’ emphasizes location, while the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ and paired prepositions bein-eilim u-vein-sinai {בֵּין־אֵילִם וּבֵין סִינָי | bēn-’ê-lîm û-bēn sî-nāy} frame precise geography.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Exodus 16:1
They traveled on from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel arrived at the wilderness of Sin, which lies between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 16:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִ֔ין (elmidbarsin) 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.16.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.1.W6.S1) and character.