1 Kings 20:41:101 Kgs.20.41.W10TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-KER o-TO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL KI me-han-ne-vi-IM HU
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER va-ya-SAR et-ha-a-FER me-AL me-a-LEI e-NA-yv va-ya-KER o-TO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL KI me-han-ne-vi-IM HU
Exegesis
The recognition verb vayaker {וַיַּכֵּ֤ר | va-ya-KER} ‘and he recognized’ takes oto {אֹתוֹ֙ | ʾō-to} ‘him’ as its object, with the subject expressed in melek yisrael {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | mê-leḵ yi-sra-ʾêl} ‘the king of Israel’.
Root and etymology
שׂ־ר־ר
“prince, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 20:41
And he swiftly removed the covering from over his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, for he was one of the prophets .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:41:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:41, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.20.41.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.41.W10.S1) and character.