2 Kings 15:32:62 Kgs.15.32.W6TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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
ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
bish-NAT she-TA-yim le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
bish-NAT she-TA-yim le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
This is followed by a construct chain lePekah {לְפֶקַח | lə-Pə-qaḥ} ‘to Pekah’ + ben-Remalyahu {בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ | ben-rəmal-yā-hu} ‘son of Remaliah’ + melech {מֶלֶךְ | meleḵ} ‘king’ + Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}, serving as the reference point for the Judean king’s accession.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾ
“to strive with God”
In context — 2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:32, 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 Kgs.15.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.32.W6.S1) and character.