Leviticus 16:22:9Lev.16.22.W9TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ba.midˈbaːr/
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
veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The direct object ʾet-ha-śā-ʿîr {אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר | ʾet-ha-śā-ʿîr} resumes the scapegoat theme, and the final prepositional phrase ba-mīd-bār {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mīd-bār} “in the wilderness” indicates geographic and symbolic removal. The Hebrew sequence underscores substitutionary atonement and physical exile, rendered in English with parallel clauses preserving cause-and-effect and emphasis on complete transfer and release.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“wilderness”
In context — Leviticus 16:22
And the goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities to a land of separation, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (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 Lev.16.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W9.S1) and character.