Numbers 21:11:6Num.21.11.W6TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Root and etymology
Rootdalet bet resh
“wilderness, pasture”
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (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.21.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W6.S1) and character.