Exodus 15:1:4Exod.15.1.W4TAB

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל

yisrael

Israel

Transliteration
yis-ra-EL
Extended
yis-rah-EHL
IPA
/jis.raːˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֜ל
yis + ra + el
yisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR

  4. sentence

    AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM

Exegesis

The coordinated subject moshe and u-vnei yisrael {מֹשֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mōšeh ū-və-nê yiśrāʾēl} identifies the performers.

In contextExodus 15:1

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD , saying, “I will sing to the LORD, because He has risen in victory; He has flung the horse and its rider into the sea.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (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.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W4.S1) and character.