1 Chronicles 21:2:81 Chr.21.2.W8TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
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-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential marker vayōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech from David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ} addressed to Joab {יוֹאָב | Yōʾāḇ} and the commanders (sārê hā-ʿām {שָׂרֵי הָעָם | śārê hā-ʿām} ‘leaders of the people’) using the prepositions ʾel {אֶל | ʾel} ‘to’ and wə-ʾel {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’.
The object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israel’ as the scope, while the merismus mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān {מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַד־דָּן | mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān} expresses the full territory from Beersheba to Dan.
Root and etymology
Roots-r
“leader”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me so that I may know their number.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.21.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W8.S1) and character.