1 Kings 18:17:111 Kgs.18.17.W11TAB
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
o-KHER yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-MER akh-AV e-LAV ha-a-TA ZE o-KHER yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT akh-AV et-e-lee-YA-hu va-yo-MER akh-AV e-LAV ha-a-TA ZE o-KHER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle ʿōkēr {עֹכֵ֥ר | ʿōkēr} ‘troubler’ functions as a predicate noun, followed by Yiśrā’ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Yiśrā’ēl} to specify who is troubled. Hebrew word order and vav-consecutive markers preserve the immediacy and accusatory tone.
Root and etymology
י־שׂ־ר
“to contend, prevail”
In context — 1 Kings 18:17
And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the troubler of Israel?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:17, 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.18.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.17.W11.S1) and character.