Numbers 21:23:12Num.21.23.W12TAB
הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה
hammidbara
“to the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ham-mid-BA-ra
- Extended
- hah-mid-BAH-rah
- IPA
- /ham.midˈbaːra/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wilderness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-mid-BA-ra
- clause
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH
- sentence
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A waw-consecutive verb introduces the next phase in vayyesoph {וַיֶּאֱסֹף | way-ye-ʾă-sōp̄} ‘and he gathered’, leading into the directional purpose clause liqrath hamidbarah {לִקְרַאת הַמִּדְבָּרָה | li-qrāʾ ham-mid-bā-rāh} ‘to meet toward the wilderness’.
Root and etymology
mem-dalet-betmem-dalet-bet
“desert, wilderness”
In context — Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people and went out to meet them toward the wilderness . He arrived at Jahaz and fought against Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:23, so the Hebrew word הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה (hammidbara) 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.21.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.23.W12.S1) and character.