1 Kings 18:20:41 Kgs.18.20.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
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
be-KHOL-be-NE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-LAKH akh-AV be-KHOL-be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH akh-AV be-KHOL-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yik-BOTS et-ha-ne-vi-IM el-HAR ha-kar-MEL
Exegesis
The prepositional construct bekhol benei Yisrael {בְּכָל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-ḵōl bə-nē yiś-ra-’ēl} ‘throughout the children of Israel’ emphasizes the communal scope.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:20
So Ahab sent messages throughout all the children of Israel, and he gathered the prophets to Mount Carmel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:20, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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.18.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.20.W4.S1) and character.