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Words of the Parashah - Midbar

Hebrew Word of the Week

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Midbar

The Hebrew word of the week is midbar ("wilderness"), taken from the weekly Torah portion parashat BaMidbar. This word appears (with a prepositional prefix) in the first verse of the portion, which is also the Hebrew name for the book of Numbers in the Torah:

Numbers 1:1a Hebrew Lesson

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Midbar is a noun (Strong# 4057; TWOT #399) that means "wilderness or uninhabited land." Midbar may be derived from the verb dibeir, though according to linguists the exact etymology is uncertain:

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Scripture Passages:

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isa 40:3).

Neh 9:19

Yet You in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. (Neh 9:19)

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