1 Kings 15:30:131 Kgs.15.30.W13TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.rɔˈʔeːl/
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
be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct Elohei Yisraʾel {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘God of Israel’ identifies the offended deity, moving the narrative from individual sin to its broader implications.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Shin–Resh
“to be straight”
In context — 1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit, and because of the provocation with which he provoked the LORD God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 15:30, 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.15.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.30.W13.S1) and character.