1 Samuel 13:19:61 Sam.13.19.W6TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-ḵōl ’e-reṣ yis-ra-ʼēl {בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-ḵōl ’e-reṣ yi-sra-ʼēl} ‘in all the land of Israel’ expresses total absence.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod–sin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:19
And no craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make a sword or a spear.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 13:19, 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 Sam.13.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.19.W6.S1) and character.