Exodus 18:1:16Exod.18.1.W16TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
etyisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- ET-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- EET-yis-rah-EL
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.jis.ra.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
ki-ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH ET-yis-ra-EL mim-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-MA yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN kho-TEN mo-SHEH ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM le-mo-SHEH u-le-yis-ra-EL am-MO ki-ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH ET-yis-ra-EL mim-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} plus kol-asher {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר | kāl-ʾă-šer} ‘all that’ introduce a relative clause asah Elohim {עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים | ʿā-śāh ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘had done for Moses and for Israel his people.’
Root and etymology
Rootsin–resh–resh
“prince, official”
In context — Exodus 18:1
And Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had accomplished for Moses and for Israel his people—how the LORD had brought Israel out from Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 18:1, 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.18.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.1.W16.S1) and character.