1 Chronicles 15:25:41 Chr.15.25.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI da-VID ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI da-VID ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM ha-hol-KHIM le-ha-a-LOT et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH min-BEIT o-VED-e-DOM be-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated subject chain Davīd {דָוִד | da-wid}, zikinē Yisra’el {וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | vä-zik-nē yi-sra-’el}, and vesārē hā’ălāp̄īm {וְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | vä-sar-ē hä-’a-la-p̄īm} forms a compound noun phrase.
Root and etymology
s-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:25
And David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands, who were going to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom, did so with joy.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 15:25, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yisrael) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.25.W4.S1) and character.