Numbers 14:32:4Num.14.32.W4TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /bamidˈbaːr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
- clause
yip-LOO ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
u-pig-re-KHE-khem a-TEM yip-LOO ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The phrase bammidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba·mmîḏ·bār} ‘in the wilderness’ specifies the setting of judgment, and hazeh {הַזֶּה | hä·zzêh} ‘this’ intensifies its immediacy. English rendering preserves Hebrew emphasis through the adversative “But as for you” and foregrounds the dire outcome.
Root and etymology
Rootd b r
“wilderness”
In context — Numbers 14:32
But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:32, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר (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 Num.14.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.32.W4.S1) and character.