1 Samuel 14:22:31 Sam.14.22.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
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
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish Yisrael {אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’îš yiś-rā-’ēl} idiomatically means ‘the people of Israel.’
Root and etymology
Roots-r-h
“he strives with God”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:22
All the men of Israel who had been hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too pursued closely after them in the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (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.14.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.22.W3.S1) and character.