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
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
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.