1 Kings 16:20:131 Kgs.16.20.W13TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The phrase al sefer divrei hayyamim le-malke Yisrael {עַל סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal sê-per diḇ-rê ha-yā-mîm lə-mal-ḵê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘in the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel’ functions as a formal historiographical citation.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:20
The other matters concerning Zimri—his deeds and the conspiracy he carried out—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:20, 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.16.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.20.W13.S1) and character.