Exodus 14:30:5Exod.14.30.W5TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
etyisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- et-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- eht-yis-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jis.raː.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD mits-RA-yim va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-mits-RA-yim MET al-se-FAT ha-YAM
Exegesis
The construction ʾēt Yiṣrāʾēl {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | ʾēt Yiṣrāʾēl} marks Israel as the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod-shin-resh
“he strives with God”
In context — Exodus 14:30
And the LORD saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 14:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (etyisrael) 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.14.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.30.W5.S1) and character.