Jeremiah 17:6:10Jer.17.6.W10TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-sha-KHAN kha-re-RIM ba-mid-BAR E-rets me-le-KHA ve-LO te-SHEV
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ke-ar-AR ba-a-ra-VA ve-LO yir-E KI-ya-VO TOV ve-sha-KHAN kha-re-RIM ba-mid-BAR E-rets me-le-KHA ve-LO te-SHEV
Exegesis
The second half begins with veshakhan {וְשָׁכַן | wə-šāḵān} ‘and he will dwell’ followed by a hendiadys in kharerim {חֲרֵרִים | ḥă-rērîm} ‘parched places’ and bammidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mmidbār} ‘in the wilderness’, layering desolation.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“speech, word”
In context — Jeremiah 17:6
And he will be like a shrub in the desert, and he will not see when good comes; and he will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt that is not inhabited.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (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 Jer.17.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.6.W10.S1) and character.