Joshua 16:1:10Josh.16.1.W10TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר
hammidbar
“the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ham-mid-BAR
- Extended
- hah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ham.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ham-mid-BAR
- clause
ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
Exegesis
A series of locational phrases—mi-Yarden Yericho {מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן יְרִיח֔וֹ | min·Yār·dēn Yə·rī·ḥō}, lə-mē Yericho {לְמֵ֥י יְרִיח֖וֹ | lə·mē Yə·rī·ḥō}, mizrachah {מִזְרָ֑חָה | miz·rā·ḥā}, and ha-midbar ʿōlē {הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר עֹלֶ֧ה | ha·mid·bār ʿō·lē}—outline the route.
In context — Joshua 16:1
And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill country to Bethel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 16:1, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר (hammidbar) 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.16.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.1.W10.S1) and character.