Genesis 21:20:6Gen.21.20.W6PAT

בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר

bamidbar

in the wilderness

Transliteration
ba-mid-BAR
Extended
bah-mid-BAAR
IPA
/bam.mi.ðˈbaːr/

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
فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ
Hindi
मरुभूमि में
Chinese-Simplified
在旷野
Korean
광야에
Indonesian
di padang gurun
Bengali
মরুভূমিতে
Tagalog
sa ilang
Swahili
jangwani
Amharic
በምድረ በዳ
Yoruba
nínú aginjù
Igbo
n'ọzara
Twi
wɔ sare so
Ewe
le gbeadzi me

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Result
בַּ + מִּדְ + בָּ֔ר
ba + mid + bar
bamidbar

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-mid-BAR

  2. clause

    va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI e-lo-HIM et-ha-NA-ar va-yig-DAL va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT

In contextGenesis 21:20

God was with the boy grew dwelt in the wilderness became skilled with the bow

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:20, 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 Gen.21.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.20.W6.S1) and character.