Numbers 21:18:9Num.21.18.W9TAB
וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר
umimmidbar
“and from the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- u-mim-mid-BAR
- Extended
- oo-mim-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /umim.midˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
u-mim-mid-BAR
- clause
u-mim-mid-BAR ma-ta-NAH
- sentence
be-ER kha-fa-RU-ha sa-REEM ka-RU-ha ne-dee-VEI ha-AM bim-kho-KEK be-mish-a-no-TAM u-mim-mid-BAR ma-ta-NAH
Exegesis
The conjunction umimidbar {וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר | ū-mi-mid-bār} ‘and from the wilderness’ signals a geographical shift to Mattanah {מַתָּנָֽה | maṯ-ṭā-nā}.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet bet resh
“wilderness, pasture”
In context — Numbers 21:18
The well that the princes dug and that the nobles of the people bored out with the scepter and with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:18, so the Hebrew word וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר (umimmidbar) 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.21.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.18.W9.S1) and character.