2 Kings 22:15:62 Kgs.22.15.W6TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-reh-ALE
- 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
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-TO-mer a-le-HEM ko-A-mar Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-TO-mer a-le-HEM ko-A-mar Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL im-RU la-ISH a-sher-sha-LAKH et-KHEM E-lai
Exegesis
The compound name YHWH Elohei Yisrael {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-ˈhê yis-rā-ˈʾel} ‘LORD God of Israel’ asserts authority.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾ
“he strives with God”
In context — 2 Kings 22:15
And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel : ‘Say to the man who sent you to Me .’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 22:15, 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.22.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.15.W6.S1) and character.