2 Samuel 23:1:172 Sam.23.1.W17TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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
ze-mi-ROT yis-ra-EL
- clause
ne-UM da-VID ben-yi-SHAI u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver hu-KAM AL me-shi-AKH e-lo-HEI ya-a-KOV u-ne-IM ze-mi-ROT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-E-leh div-REI da-VID ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ne-UM da-VID ben-yi-SHAI u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver hu-KAM AL me-shi-AKH e-lo-HEI ya-a-KOV u-ne-IM ze-mi-ROT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The closing compound uneim zemirot Yisrael {וּנְעִים זְמִרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-nᵊ-ʿî-m zᵊ-mî-rōṯ yiś-rā-ʼél} ‘and pleasant one of the songs of Israel’ frames David’s role as national poet, creating a triadic parallel that highlights his prophetic, kingly, and worship leadership roles.
Root and etymology
ש–ר
“prince, chief”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:1
And these are the last words of David: The utterance of David, son of Jesse, and the utterance of the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob , and the sweet singer of the songs of Israel .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 23:1, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.23.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.1.W17.S1) and character.