Numbers 14:22:8Num.14.22.W8TAB
וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר
uvamidbar
“and in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- u-va-mid-BAR
- Extended
- oo-vah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /uvam.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-va-mid-BAR
- clause
KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR
- sentence
KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces the actions performed bᵊ-miṣrāyim {בְמִצְרַיִם | bᵊ-miṣrāyim} “in Egypt” and ū-bamidbār {וּבַמִּדְבָּר | ū-bamidbār} “in the wilderness.”
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“wilderness, uninhabited land”
In context — Numbers 14:22
Because all the men who have seen My glory and My signs that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness have tested Me these ten times and have not listened to My voice.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:22, so the Hebrew word וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר (uvamidbar) 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.14.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.22.W8.S1) and character.