מִדְבָר 270 n.m. wilderness1 tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds 2uninhabited land3large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities 4 fig.
Strong Concise Dictionary Of The Words In The Hebrew Bible
H4057מִדְבָּרmidbâr; from 1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) — desert, south, speech, wilderness.