1 Kings 16:29:151 Kgs.16.29.W15TAB
עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
alyisrael
“over Israel”
- Transliteration
- al-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- ahl-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʕal.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- over Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yim-LOKH akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-ROn e-se-RIM u-she-ta-YIM sha-NA
- sentence
ve-akh-AV ben-om-RI ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-naT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-ROn e-se-RIM u-she-ta-YIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ‘al-Yisra’el {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal-yiś-rā-’ēl} defines the territorial scope.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:29
And Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 16:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (alyisrael) 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.16.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.29.W15.S1) and character.