1 Samuel 17:46:251 Sam.17.46.W25TAB
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
leyisrael
“for Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yihs-raa-EEL
- IPA
- /ləjis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The result clause wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ {וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and all the earth will know’ leads into the existential clause kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl {כִּ֛י יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל | kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl} ‘that there is God in Israel,’ presenting a universal theological climax. The English rendering preserves Hebrew immediacy and sequential action while maintaining clarity and impact.
Root and etymology
s-r-’lshin–resh–aleph–lamed
“God prevails”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:46
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the bodies of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:46:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of 1 Samuel 17:46, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (leyisrael) 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.17.46.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W25.S1) and character.