1 Kings 14:21:231 Kgs.14.21.W23TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʃivˈtːeː/
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
shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
- sentence
u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
Exegesis
The purpose of the choice is expressed by lamed + infinitive: lāśûm {לָשׂוּם | lāśûm} ‘to set,’ governing ʾet-šəmô {אֶת־שְׁמוֹ | ʾet-šəmô} ‘His name,’ with šām {שָׁם | šām} ‘there’ and the partitive phrase mikkōl šivtê yiśrāʾēl {מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mikkōl šivtê yiśrāʾēl} ‘from all the tribes of Israel’ highlighting the exclusivity of Jerusalem’s selection.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph
“he struggles with God”
In context — 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam , the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Forty-one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to set His Name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.14.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W23.S1) and character.