Exodus 19:2:7Exod.19.2.W7TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.miðˈbaːr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR va-yi-KHAN-sham yis-ra-EL NE-ged ha-HAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bam·miḏ·bār} ‘in the wilderness’ restates the setting.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–beth–resh
“wilderness”
In context — Exodus 19:2
They journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there facing the mountain .
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:2, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (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.19.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.2.W7.S1) and character.