1 Kings 14:7:171 Kgs.14.7.W17TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
a-MI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
le-KHI im-RI le-ya-rav-AM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HI yis-ra-EL YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha mi-TOKH ha-AM va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The double divine title YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ and Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘God of Israel’ asserts sovereign authority and covenant relationship.
The prepositional phrase mitokh ha-am {מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם | mit-tôḵ hā-‛ām} ‘from the midst of the people’ specifies origin, and the vav-consecutive va-etenkha {וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ | wā-ʾet-te-n-ḵā} ‘and I gave you’ introduces the grant of authority, encapsulated by nagid {נָגִ֔יד | nā-ḡîḏ} ‘leader’ and the possession phrase al ammi Yisrael {עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal ‛am-mî yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘over My people Israel.’ English syntax preserves the Hebrew oracular sequence and causal nuance.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph
“he struggles with God”
In context — 1 Kings 14:7
Go, say to Jeroboam, “Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ‘Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:7:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.14.7.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.7.W17.S1) and character.