The Word DESERT- MIDBAR

The word Desert in Hebrew is "Midbar" מדבר that shares the same root as the verb "Ledaber" that means To speak. The Hebrew name of Book of Numbers is BAMIDBAR: it means "In the desert, he speaks". Who is speaking in the desert: The God of Israel.

He wants to take His people in the desert to speak to its heart: Hos. 2:14 "Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness Midbar מדבר, and speak dibarti דיברתי tenderly to her."