Ezekiel 20:35:3Ezek.20.35.W3TAB
אֶל־מִדְבַּ֖ר
elmidbar
“to the wilderness of”
- Transliteration
- el-mid-BAR
- Extended
- ehl-mihd-BAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.midˈbar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wilderness of
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-he-VE-ti et-KHEM el-mid-BAR ha-a-MIM
- sentence
ve-he-VE-ti et-KHEM el-mid-BAR ha-a-MIM ve-nish-pat-TI it-te-KHEM SHAM pa-NIM el-pa-NIM
Exegesis
The construct midbar haammim {מִדְבַּר הָעַמִּים | mid-bar hā-ʿam-mîm} links “wilderness” with “peoples,” highlighting a location outside Israel. The paired verbs weheveti…
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“desert, uninhabited place”
In context — Ezekiel 20:35
I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:35, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִדְבַּ֖ר (elmidbar) 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.20.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.35.W3.S1) and character.