Exodus 14:3:4Exod.14.3.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-ra-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.ra.ˈʔeːl/
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
liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The proper noun Paroh {פַּרְעֹה֙ | par-ʿōh} functions as subject, followed by the indirect object li-vnei {לִבְנֵ֣י | li-vney} ‘to the sons of’, specifying Yisra'el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś-rā-ʼēl} as recipient.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod-shin-resh
“he strives with God”
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W4.S1) and character.