Exodus 14:29:2Exod.14.29.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-ra-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM
- sentence
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the prefixed conjunction uvenei {וּבְנֵ֧י־ | û̆v-nêĭ} “and the sons of,” introducing the subject Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israel.’
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod-shin-resh
“he strives with God”
In context — Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were for them a wall from their right side and from their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:29, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (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 Exod.14.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.29.W2.S1) and character.