Isaiah 16:1:4Isa.16.1.W4TAB

מִדְבָּ֑רָה

midbara

toward the wilderness

Transliteration
mid-ba-RA
Extended
mihd-bah-RAA
IPA
/midbaːˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
toward the wilderness

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִדְ + בָּ֑ + רָה
mid + ba + ra
midbara

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mid-ba-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA

  3. clause

    shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA

  4. sentence

    shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA el-HAR bat-tsi-YON

Exegesis

The origin missela {מִסֶּלַע | misṣēlaʿ} ‘from Sela’ leads into the directional midbarah {מִדְבָּרָה | midbārāh} ‘wilderness.’

Root and etymology

Rootd–b–r

word, matter

In contextIsaiah 16:1

Dispatch a lamb to the ruler of the land, sending it from Sela toward the wilderness and up to the mount of the daughter of Zion .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִדְבָּ֑רָה (midbara) 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 Isa.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.1.W4.S1) and character.