2 Samuel 17:24:92 Sam.17.24.W9TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jisrɔˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM a-VAR ET-ha-yar-DEN HU ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL i-MO
- sentence
ve-da-VID BA ma-kha-na-YI-ma ve-av-sha-LOM a-VAR ET-ha-yar-DEN HU ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL i-MO
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hu {ה֕וּא | hûʾ} serves to emphasize the subject before the collective noun phrase ve-kol-ish {וְכָל־אִישׁ | wə-kāl ʾîš} yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-’ēl} immo {עִמּוֹ | ʿim-mô}, which intensifies the notion of unified support.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“to be upright/straight”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:24
And David came to Mahanaim , and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and every man of Israel with him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 17:24, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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.17.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.24.W9.S1) and character.