2 Kings 18:1:72 Kgs.18.1.W7TAB
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ven-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The phrase lə·hō·šê·a ben-ʾê·lā mê·leḵ yîs·rə·ˈʾēl {לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | lə·hō·šê·a ben-ʾê·lā mê·leḵ yîs·rə·ˈʾēl} forms a nominal apposition specifying the northern monarch.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — 2 Kings 18:1
And it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:1, 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.18.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.1.W7.S1) and character.