2 Samuel 20:14:32 Sam.20.14.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
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-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU va-ya-VO-u af-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional construct chain bekol šivtei Yiśrāʼêl {בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-kāl šiv-ṯê yiś-rā-ˀêl} ‘through all the tribes of Israel,’ conveying scope.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to struggle, wrestle”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:14
And he passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth Maakah, and all the Bikrites were gathered to him, and they came after him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:14, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (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.20.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.14.W3.S1) and character.