Exodus 16:3:18Exod.16.3.W18TAB
אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר
elhammidbar
“to the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- el-ham-mid-BAR
- Extended
- ehl-hahm-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ʔel.ham.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wilderness
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 | |
| 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
el-ham-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE
- clause
ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Exodus 16:3
And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר (elhammidbar) 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.16.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W18.S1) and character.