Numbers 21:13:7Num.21.13.W7TAB
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-mid-BAR
- clause
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI KI ar-NON gvuL mo-AV BEIN mo-AV u-BEIN ha-e-mo-RI
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ modifies bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mîḏbār} ‘in the wilderness’, clarifying the river’s course.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet bet resh
“wilderness, pasture”
In context — Numbers 21:13
From there they traveled and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness , coming out from the border of the Amorite ; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:13, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (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.21.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.13.W7.S1) and character.