2 Samuel 18:6:52 Sam.18.6.W5TAB
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
lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA bay-AR ef-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The infinitive li-qrat {לִקְרַאת | li-qə-rāṯ} ‘to meet’ expresses purpose toward yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:6
And the people marched out into the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 18:6, 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.18.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.6.W5.S1) and character.