Ezekiel 20:23:5Ezek.20.23.W5TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mihd-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.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
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
gam-a-NI na-sa-TI et-ya-DI la-HEM ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
gam-a-NI na-sa-TI et-ya-DI la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-ha-FITS o-TAM ba-go-YIM u-le-za-ROT o-TAM ba-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The locative prepositional phrase ba-midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mid-bār} ‘in the wilderness’ establishes the historical covenantal setting.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“wilderness”
In context — Ezekiel 20:23
Also I swore to them in the wilderness , to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:23, 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 Ezek.20.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.23.W5.S1) and character.