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Joshua 15:61

“In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִדְבָּרmidbâr · mid-bawr'
H4057 · Hebrew

Definition: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Derivation: from H1696 (דָבַר) in the sense of driving;
KJV renderings: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Grammar: בַּ — preposition with definite article
מִּדְבָּ֑ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HRd/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 271 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:6 Genesis 16:7 Genesis 21:14 Genesis 21:20 Genesis 21:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִדְבָּר here.

Verse 60 Verse 62

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.