2 Kings 16:3:42 Kgs.16.3.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bederekh malkhei yiśrāʾēl {בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bədereḵ malkê yiśrāʾēl} ‘in way of kings of Israel’ functions adverbially to characterize the king’s conduct.
The relative clause ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl {אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl} ‘which the LORD dispossessed from before the sons of Israel’ provides the causal-historical background, with the hiphil emphasizing divine agency in expulsion. English preserves the Hebrew narrative sequence and clause structure.
Root and etymology
y-š-ry–š–r
“straight, upright”
In context — 2 Kings 16:3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel and also made his son pass through the fire like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:3, 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.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.3.W4.S1) and character.