1 Chronicles 16:17:41 Chr.16.17.W4TAB
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
leyisrael
“for Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ləjis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-MI-de-ha le-ya-a-KOV le-KHOK le-yis-ra-EL be-RIT o-LAM
Exegesis
Coordinated prepositional phrases le-yaakov {לְיַעֲקֹב֙ | lə-yaʿăqōḇ} ‘for Jacob’ and le-yisrael {לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | lə-yiśrāʼēl} ‘for Israel’ form a parallel structure highlighting individual and corporate recipients.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:17
And He established it for Jacob as a statute, for Israel as an everlasting covenant .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:17, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (leyisrael) 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.16.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.17.W4.S1) and character.