Numbers 20:1:4Num.20.1.W4TAB
מִדְבַּר־צִן֙
midbartsin
“into the wilderness of Zin”
- Transliteration
- mid-BAR-TSIN
- Extended
- mid-BAHR-TSIN
- IPA
- /midˈbar tsin/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the wilderness of Zin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mid-BAR-TSIN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
Exegesis
The locative midbar-tsin {מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ | midbār-ṣīn} ‘wilderness of Zin’ sets the geographical context, while the temporal phrase ba-chodesh ha-rishon {בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן | ba-ḥōḏeš hā-rîšōn} ‘in the first month’ anchors the event chronologically.
Root and etymology
ד-ב-ר
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Numbers 20:1
Then the sons of Israel, the whole assembly , entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:1, so the Hebrew word מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ (midbartsin) 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.20.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.1.W4.S1) and character.