Exodus 3:18:21Exod.3.18.W21PAT
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר
bamidbar
“in the wilderness”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-BAR
- Extended
- bah-mid-BAAR
- IPA
- /bam.mid.ˈbaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the wilderness
- French
- dans le désert
- Spanish
- en el desierto
- Portuguese
- no deserto
- German
- in der Wüste
- Russian
- в пустыне
- Arabic-Simplified
- في البرية
- Hindi
- मरुभूमि में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在旷野
- Korean
- 광야에서
- Indonesian
- di padang gurun
- Bengali
- প্রান্তরে
- Tagalog
- sa ilang
- Swahili
- jangwani
- Amharic
- በምድረ በዳ
- Yoruba
- ninu aginju
- Igbo
- n'ala ịkpa
- Twi
- wɔ sare so
- Ewe
- le gbeadzi
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-BAR
- clause
u-va-TA a-TA ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL el-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-a-mar-TEM e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI ha-iv-ri-YIM nik-RA a-LEI-nu ve-a-TA ne-la-kha-NA DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-niz-be-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
- sentence
ve-sham-U le-ko-LE-kha u-va-TA a-TA ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL el-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-a-mar-TEM e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI ha-iv-ri-YIM nik-RA a-LEI-nu ve-a-TA ne-la-kha-NA DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-niz-be-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
In context — Exodus 3:18
and they will listen to your voice and you shall come you and the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt and you will say to him LORD God of the Hebrews has met upon us and now let us go please journey of three days in the wilderness and let us sacrifice to the LORD our God
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:18:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Exodus 3:18, 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 Exod.3.18.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.18.W21.S1) and character.