2 Samuel 19:9:52 Sam.19.9.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:10
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
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
be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The construct chain b’khol šivtei Yisraʾel {בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə·ḵāl šib·ṭê yis·rə·ʾêl} ‘in all the tribes of Israel’ frames the social context.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, right”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:9
And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled from the land because of Absalom .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:9, 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.19.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.9.W5.S1) and character.