Numbers 21:4:11Num.21.4.W11TAB
בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃
badarekh
“on the way”
- Transliteration
- ba-DA-rekh
- Extended
- bah-DAA-rehkh
- IPA
- /baˈdaːrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-DA-rekh
- clause
va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM ba-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-HOR ha-HAR DE-rekh yam-SUF lis-VOv et-E-rets e-DOM va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM ba-DA-rekh
Exegesis
The final phrase badarekh {בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ | ba·dā·réḵ} returns focus to the journey’s context, highlighting collective impatience.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ך
“path”
In context — Numbers 21:4
And they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:4, so the Hebrew word בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (badarekh) 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.21.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.4.W11.S1) and character.