2 Samuel 17:26:22 Sam.17.26.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
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
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL ve-av-sha-LOM E-rets ha-gil-AD
Exegesis
The coordination of the subjects Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yišraʾēl} ‘Israel’ and wə-ʾavšălōm {וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם | wə-ʾavšălōm} ‘and Absalom’ underscores their unified force.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“to be upright/straight”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:26
Then Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (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.17.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.26.W2.S1) and character.