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
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mid-ba-RA
- phraseyour reading level
mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA
- clause
shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.