1 Samuel 14:12:221 Sam.14.12.W22TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU an-she ham-mats-tsa-VA et-yo-na-TAN ve-et-no-SE ke-LAV va-yo-me-RU a-LU e-LE-nu ve-no-di-A et-khem da-VAR va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The compound prepositional phrase beyad Yisrael {בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | bə-yad yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘into the hand of Israel’ conveys transfer of possession and underscores Israel’s decisive victory. The English rendering preserves the conjunctive flow, imperative immediacy, and causal relationships inherent in the Hebrew syntax.
Root and etymology
Roots-r-h
“he strives with God”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:12
And the men of the outpost answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, saying, “Come up to us and we will make known to you a matter.” And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:12:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Samuel 14:12, 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 Sam.14.12.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.12.W22.S1) and character.