Numbers 14:35:12Num.14.35.W12TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaj/
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
ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The result statement ba-midbar ha-zeh yitammu ve-sham yamutu {בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִתַּמּוּ וְשָׁם יָמֻתוּ | ba-middbār haz-zéh yittammû wə-šām yāmūtû} uses imperfect verbs in a temporal-locative structure to signal the finality of divine retribution. English rendering shifts from VSO to SVO and transforms the Hebrew participle into a relative clause to preserve the emphasis on collective rebellion and punishment.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“wilderness; place away from settlement”
In context — Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD , have spoken: surely this is what I will do to all this evil congregation that has banded together against Me; in this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:35:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 14:35, 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.14.35.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.35.W12.S1) and character.