Numbers 16:13:8Num.16.13.W8TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּר
bammidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- bam-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bahm-meed-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.midˈbaːr/
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
bam-mid-BAR
- sentence
ham-AT ki-he-e-li-TA-nu me-E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH le-ha-mi-TE-nu bam-mid-BAR ki-tis-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu gam-his-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu his-ta-RE-r
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lahamitenu {לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ | la-ha-mi-ṯe-nu} ‘to put us to death’ expresses purpose, while bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mid-bar} ‘in the wilderness’ provides spatial contrast.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 16:13
Is it too small a thing that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness , that you must also surely rule over us?
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:13, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּר (bammidbar) 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.16.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.13.W8.S1) and character.