Ezekiel 19:13:3Ezek.19.13.W3TAB
בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר
vamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- va-mid-BAR
- Extended
- vah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /vam.midˈbaːr/
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
va-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
she-tu-LA va-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-a-TA she-tu-LA va-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-TA she-tu-LA va-mid-BAR be-E-rets tsi-YA ve-tsa-MA
Exegesis
The locative bamidbar {בַמִּדְבָּר | ba-mid-bār} establishes the setting as wilderness.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“wilderness, uninhabited region”
In context — Ezekiel 19:13
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a land of dryness and thirst .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 19:13, so the Hebrew word בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר (vamidbar) 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 Ezek.19.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.13.W3.S1) and character.