1 Samuel 14:47:41 Sam.14.47.W4TAB
עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
alyisrael
“over Israel”
- Transliteration
- al-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- ahl-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʕal.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- over Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-sha-UL la-KHAD ha-me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-sha-UL la-KHAD ha-me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL va-yil-KHEM sa-VIV be-khol-o-ye-VAV be-mo-AV u-viv-ne-a-MON u-ve-e-DOM u-ve-mal-KHE tso-VA u-va-pe-lish-TIM u-ve-KHOL a-sher-yif-NE yar-shi-A
Exegesis
The preposition al in al-yiśrāʾēl {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | ʿal-yiś-rā-ʾēl} denotes sovereign rule. A sequence of coordinated prepositional phrases introduced by vav and bə-/ū-wə- (bekhol-ʾōyəḇāyw, bə-mō-ʾāḇ, ū-wə-binê-ʿammōn, ū-wə-ʾê-ḏōm, ū-wə-malḵê, ū-wa-pə-lîš-tîm, ū-wə-khol) conveys the breadth of his campaigns.
Root and etymology
ע־ל
“upon, on”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:47
And Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, and he fought on every side against all his enemies—against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:47:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:47, so the Hebrew word עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (alyisrael) 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.14.47.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.47.W4.S1) and character.