1 Samuel 17:21:21 Sam.17.21.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
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
va-ta-a-ROKH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ta-a-ROKH yis-ra-EL u-fe-lish-TIM ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ma-a-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects Yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-’ēl} and u-Felishtim {וּפְלִשְׁתִּים | wə-p̄ə-lî-šîm} establish two opposing forces.
Root and etymology
s-r-’lshin–resh–aleph–lamed
“God prevails”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:21
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, each battle line facing the other.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 17:21, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (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.17.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.21.W2.S1) and character.