בַּ/נֶּ֔גֶב
𐤁/𐤍𐤂𐤁
banegev
into the Negev
from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine); south (country, side, -ward).
Numbers 13:17 · Word #12
Lexicon H5045
| Lemma | נֶגֶב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤂𐤁 |
| Transliteration | negeb |
| Strong's | H5045 |
| In-context | into the Negev |
Morphology HRd/Ncmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H5045-02
in the parched southland
| Morphological Notes | Preposition ב with assimilated definite article (בַּ) + noun common masculine singular absolute (נֶגֶב). The dagesh in נ reflects article assimilation. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun נֶגֶב derives from the root נגב, "to be dry or parched," and came to denote the arid southern region. The form is a masculine singular absolute noun with the prefixed preposition ב ("in") and the definite article assimilated ("the"), hence "in the parched southland," preserving both the root sense of dryness and the definite, singular morphology. |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root נגב (dryness, parched land, aridity, southland)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H5045-01 |
banegebah | in the parched Southland-ward |
H5045-03 |
benegev | in the parched southland |
H5045-04 |
hanegebah | toward the parched southland |
Word Usage (111 occurrences of H5045)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 12:9 | הַ/נֶּֽגְבָּ/ה | hanegebah | to the Negev |
| Genesis 13:1 | הַ/נֶּֽגְבָּ/ה | hanegebah | the Negev |
| Genesis 13:3 | מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב | minegev | from the Negev |