2 Chronicles 20:19:102 Chr.20.19.W10TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL be-KOL ga-DOL le-MA-la
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu hal-ve-YIM min-be-NEI hak-ke-ha-TIM u-min-be-NEI hak-kar-KHIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL be-KOL ga-DOL le-MA-la
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive lehallel {לְהַלֵּל | ləhallēl} “to praise” governs laYHWH {לַיהוָה | lā-yəhôwāh} and elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕlōhê yisrāʾēl} as worship targets.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾsin–resh–aleph
“to strive, contend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:19
Then the Levites, from among the sons of the Kohathites and from among the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD , the God of Israel , with an exceedingly loud voice .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 20:19, 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.20.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.19.W10.S1) and character.