2 Samuel 19:8:162 Sam.19.8.W16TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
veyisrael
“and Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- veh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /vəjis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, right”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (veyisrael) 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.19.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W16.S1) and character.