1 Samuel 18:6:101 Sam.18.6.W10TAB
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
mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
Exegesis
The construct chain mi·kāl·'ărê Yiś·rā·'ēl {מִכָּל־עָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mi·kāl·'ărê Yiś·rā·'ēl} ‘from all the cities of Israel’ indicates the participants’ origin.
Root and etymology
š-r-rShin–Resh–Resh
“ruler, commander”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 18:6, 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.18.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W10.S1) and character.