1 Chronicles 16:13:21 Chr.16.13.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
yis-ra-EL av-DO
- sentence
ZE-ra yis-ra-EL av-DO be-NE ya-a-KOV be-khi-RAV
Exegesis
The verse employs parallel appositional constructs: zera {זֶרַע | zĕ-rāʿ} ‘seed’ in construct with Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiś-rāʾēl}, followed by avdo {עַבְדּוֹ | ʿaḇ-dō} ‘servant’ with a possessive suffix.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:13
Offspring of Israel, His servant , sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 16:13, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (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.16.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.13.W2.S1) and character.