1 Kings 14:13:161 Kgs.14.13.W16TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
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
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph
“he struggles with God”
In context — 1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s will come to the grave , because in him was found something good before the LORD , the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 14:13, 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 Kgs.14.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.13.W16.S1) and character.