Exodus 16:14:6Exod.16.14.W6TAB
הַמִּדְבָּר֙
hamidbar
“the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hah-mid-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
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
vat-TA-al shikh-VAT ha-TAAL ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The prepositional construct al-penei hamidbar {עַל־פְּנֵ֤י הַמִּדְבָּר֙ | ʿal-pə-nê ha-mmîḏ-bār} ‘on the surface of the wilderness’ situates the phenomenon.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Exodus 16:14
When the layer of dew rose, behold, on the surface of the wilderness lay a fine, flaky substance—fine as frost upon the ground.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 16:14, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּר֙ (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.16.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.14.W6.S1) and character.