Joshua 18:12:18Josh.18.12.W18TAB
מִדְבַּ֖רָה
midbara
“toward the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- mid-ba-RA
- Extended
- mihd-bah-RAA
- IPA
- /midbaˈraː/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-GVUL el-ke-TEF ye-ri-KHO mit-sa-FON ve-a-LA ba-HAR ya-MA ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAIV mid-ba-RA BEIT-A-ven
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL lif-AT tsa-FO-na min-ha-yar-DEN ve-a-LA hag-GVUL el-ke-TEF ye-ri-KHO mit-sa-FON ve-a-LA ba-HAR ya-MA ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAIV mid-ba-RA BEIT-A-ven
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“wilderness, desert”
In context — Joshua 18:12
And the boundary for them on the north side was from the Jordan River; it then ascended to the northern slope of Jericho, continued through the hill country toward the west, and its end was at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Joshua 18:12, so the Hebrew word מִדְבַּ֖רָה (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 Josh.18.12.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.12.W18.S1) and character.