1 Kings 20:27:21 Kgs.20.27.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
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
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The construct noun bney-yisrael {בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nê-yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘sons of Israel’ identifies the force, with negdam {נֶגְדָּם | neg-dâm} ‘opposite them’ marking spatial contrast.
Root and etymology
שׂ־ר־ר
“prince, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (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.20.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W2.S1) and character.