Joshua 14:10:20Josh.14.10.W20TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /bamidˈbaːr/
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
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-halakh yisrael bammidbar {אֲשֶׁר־הָלַךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר | ʾăšer-hālak yiśrāʾēl bammidbār} situates that speech during Israel’s wilderness movement, linking the promise to a defining communal period.
Root and etymology
consonants ד־ב־רDalet–Bet–Resh
“word, matter”
In context — Joshua 14:10
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as He spoke, these forty-five years since then the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am today eighty-five years old.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Joshua 14:10, 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 Josh.14.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.10.W20.S1) and character.