2 Chronicles 20:7:102 Chr.20.7.W10TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EL
- 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
am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL
- clause
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase milifnei ammekha Yisrael {מִלִּפְנֵי עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | mil-lif-nê ʿammə-ḵā yiś-rä-ʾēl} ‘from before your people Israel’ indicates beneficiary.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾsin–resh–aleph
“to strive, contend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:7
Is it not You, our God , who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, Your friend, forever?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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.20.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.7.W10.S1) and character.