2 Samuel 17:15:132 Sam.17.15.W13TAB
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
zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS-ti a-NI
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“to be upright/straight”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:15
And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests , “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such , but I have advised them to do so and so.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:15, 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 Sam.17.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.15.W13.S1) and character.