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."
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