2 Chronicles 20:34:152 Chr.20.34.W15TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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
mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- clause
hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, al-sefer malkê Yisrael {עַל־סֵ֖פֶר מַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal-sēfer malkê Yiśrāʾēl} ‘on the book of the kings of Israel’ identifies the archival repository and its contents. This sequence (editorial introduction, source citation, archival notation) typifies the Chronicler’s historiographical style.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾsin–resh–aleph
“to strive, contend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:34
And the remainder of the words of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he set down upon the book of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:34:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 20:34, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.20.34.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.34.W15.S1) and character.