Numbers 13:3:4Num.13.3.W4TAB
מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר
mimidbar
“from the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- mi-mid-BAR
- Extended
- mih-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /mimːidˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
mi-mid-BAR pa-a-RAN
- clause
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH mi-mid-BAR pa-a-RAN al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH mi-mid-BAR pa-a-RAN al-PI Ye-ho-VAH ku-LAM a-na-SHIM ra-shei be-nei-yis-ra-EL he-MAH
Exegesis
Geographic origin is marked by the construct chain mimmidbar Paran {מִמִּדְבַּר פָּארָן | mimmid-bār pā-ʾā-rān}, linking wilderness and place.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 13:3
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of the LORD ; all of them were men, leaders of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:3, so the Hebrew word מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר (mimidbar) 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.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.3.W4.S1) and character.