מדבר
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מדבר¹
- /madˈbar/
- /miðˈbaː(.a)r/
- /mid.ˈbar/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic Proto-Semitic *madbar- (“pasturage”), from *ma- + *d-b-r. By surface analysis, מִ־ + ד־ב־ר.
Originally meaning "place to which livestock are driven for pasture."
noun מִדְבָּר · midbár · מִדְבָּרִים · מִדְבַּר־ · מִדְבְּרֵי־
- desert, unsettled pastureland
מדבר²
- /madˈbar/
- /miðˈbaː(.a)r/
- /mid.ˈbar/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb מְדַבֵּר · m'dabér
- Masculine singular present participle and present tense of דיבר (dibér).
verb מְדֻבָּר · m'dubár
- defective spelling of מדובר
In English
- desert barren area
- first person the form of a pronoun verb used when the subject of a sentence is making the sta
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