Numbers 20:4:5Num.20.4.W5TAB
אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר
elhammidbar
“into the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- el-ham-mid-BAR
- Extended
- EHL-ham-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-ham-mid-BAR
- clause
ve-la-MA ha-ve-TEM et-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
ve-la-MA ha-ve-TEM et-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZEH la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional clause ʾel ha-mmî-dbār ha-zzēh {אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה | ʾel ha-mmî-dbār ha-zzēh} ‘into this wilderness’ indicates movement into a specific locale.
Root and etymology
ד-ב-ר
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Numbers 20:4
And why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there?
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:4, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (elhammidbar) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.4.W5.S1) and character.