2 Kings 15:26:122 Kgs.15.26.W12TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- clause
hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE pe-kakh-YA ve-KHOL-a-SHER A-sa hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase al se-fer dib-rē ha-yā-mim le-mal-khei yi-sra-ʾēl {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | al se-fer dib-rē ha-yā-mim le-mal-khei yi-sra-ʾēl} ‘in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel’ designates the formal archive preserving royal history.
Root and etymology
y-sh-r
“straight, right”
In context — 2 Kings 15:26
And the remainder of the words of Pekahiah and all that he did are written in the book of the divrei hayamim of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 15:26, 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 Kgs.15.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.26.W12.S1) and character.