2 Chronicles 16:4:112 Chr.16.4.W11TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
el-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-arei yisrael {אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾel-ʿārê yiśrāʾēl} marks the target cities.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Mayim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 16:4, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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 2 Chr.16.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.4.W11.S1) and character.