Judges 20:45:3Judg.20.45.W3TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙
hamidbera
“to the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-be-RA
- Extended
- hah-mihd-beh-RAA
- IPA
- /ham.mid.baːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mid-be-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV ad-gid-OM va-yak-KU mi-me-NU al-pa-YIM ISH
Exegesis
The narrative progresses through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs that propel the action: vayifnu {וַיִּפְנ֞וּ | wayyippənû} ‘and they turned’ and vayanussu {וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ | wayyānnûsû} ‘and they fled,’ establishing movement toward the locative midbarah {הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ | hammidbarâh} ‘wilderness.’
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“wilderness, uncultivated land”
In context — Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled to the wilderness , to the rock of Rimmon, and they overtook them on the highways, five thousand men . And they pursued after them as far as Gidom and struck down from them two thousand men.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:45:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ (hamidbera) 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 Judg.20.45.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W3.S1) and character.