Judges 20:47:3Judg.20.47.W3TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙
hamidbera
“to the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ha-mid-be-RA
- Extended
- hah-mihd-beh-RAA
- IPA
- /ham.mid.bəˈraː/
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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The word
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 SHESH me-OT ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
The directional he in hamidbarah {הַמִּדְבָּרָה | hammîdbārâh} marks entrance into the wilderness.
Root and etymology
dalet–bet–reshdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:47:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:47, 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.20.47.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W3.S1) and character.