Numbers 13:26:7Num.13.26.W7TAB
אֶל־מִדְבַּ֥ר
elmidbar
“to the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- el-mid-BAR
- Extended
- ehl-mid-BAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN ka-de-SHAH
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN ka-de-SHAH va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR ve-ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH va-yar-UHM et-PRI ha-A-retz
Exegesis
A series of prepositional phrases headed by ʼel {אֶל־ | ʼel} directs the message to Moses {מֹשֶׁה | mōšê}, Aaron {אַהֲרֹן | ʼaharôn}, and the community expressed by kol adāt benei Yisrael {כָּל־עֲדַת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ḵāl-ʿăḏat-bᵉnê yiśrāʼēl}, creating an inclusive focus.
The Hiphil vayashivu {וַיָּשִׁיבוּ | va-yāšîḇû} ‘they brought back word’ shifts to the act of reporting, with two object markers (wə-ʼet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʼet} and ʼet {אֶת | ʼet}) emphasizing both message (dāḇār {דָּבָר | dāḇār}) and recipients.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“to speak; word”
In context — Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 13:26, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִדְבַּ֥ר (elmidbar) 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 Num.13.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.26.W7.S1) and character.