Exodus 17:7:8Exod.17.7.W8TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-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
al-REEV be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
al-REEV be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-AL na-so-TAM et-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-YESH ye-ho-VAH be-kir-BE-nu im-A-yin
- sentence
va-yik-RA SHEM ha-ma-KOM ma-SA u-me-ri-VA al-REEV be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-AL na-so-TAM et-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-YESH ye-ho-VAH be-kir-BE-nu im-A-yin
Exegesis
The coordinate prepositional phrases al-riv benei yisrael {עַל־רִיב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal-rîḇ bənê yiśrāʾēl} and ve-al nesotam et-YHWH {וְעַ֨ל נַסֹּתָ֤ם אֶת־יְהוָה | wə-ʿal nəsōṯām ʾeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh} provide parallel causal reasons for the toponym.
Root and etymology
ś-r-hsamekh–resh–heh
“to struggle, to contend”
In context — Exodus 17:7
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the people of Israel quarreled and tested the LORD , saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 17:7, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.7.W8.S1) and character.