Numbers 25:15:10Num.25.15.W10TAB

בְּמִדְיָן

bemidyan

in Midian

Transliteration
be-mid-YAN
Extended
beh-mid-YAAN
IPA
/bəmidˈjan/

Meaning by language

English
in Midian

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Result
בְּ + מִדְ + יָן
be + mid + yan
bemidyan

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-mid-YAN

  2. sentence

    ve-SHEM ha-ni-ha-RAH ha-mu-KAH ha-mid-ya-NIT kaz-BI bat-TSUR ROSH a-MOT beit-AV be-mid-YAN HU

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase bə-midyan {בְּמִדְיָן | bə-mid-yān} situates the event in Midian.

In contextNumbers 25:15

And the name of the woman who was struck down—the Midianite—was Kozbi, daughter of Zur, and he was head of the clans of a father’s house in Midian.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 25:15, so the Hebrew word בְּמִדְיָן (bemidyan) 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.25.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.15.W10.S1) and character.