2 Kings 15:28:122 Kgs.15.28.W12TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
etyisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- et-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- eht-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
LO SAR min-kha-to-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH LO SAR min-kha-to-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The direct object marker ’et {אֶת־ | ’et} remains untranslated but signals yiś·rā·’ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | yiś·rā·’ēl} as the recipient. This structure underscores that the king deliberately perpetuated Jeroboam’s pattern of sin.
Root and etymology
y-sh-r
“straight, right”
In context — 2 Kings 15:28
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD . He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 15:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (etyisrael) 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.15.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.28.W12.S1) and character.