1 Chronicles 20:7:21 Chr.20.7.W2TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
etyisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- et-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- eht-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-kha-REF et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-kha-REF et-yis-ra-EL va-yak-KE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ben-shim-e-A a-KHI da-VID
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks yisraʾel {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘Israel’ as the definite object.
Root and etymology
y-s-r + ʾ-lYod–Sin–Resh + Aleph–Lamed
“God contends; God prevails”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:7
He taunted Israel, and Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (etyisrael) 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.20.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.7.W2.S1) and character.