Exodus 18:9:7Exod.18.9.W7TAB
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
leyisrael
“for Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yis-rah-EL
- IPA
- /lə.jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer-ʿāśāh {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה | ʾă-šer-ʿā-śāh} ‘that he had done’ attributes those acts directly to YHWH, then lə-yisraʾēl {לְיִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-yiś-rā-ʾēl} specifies the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
Rootsin–resh–resh
“prince, official”
In context — Exodus 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, for He had rescued them from the hand of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 18:9, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (leyisrael) 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.18.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.9.W7.S1) and character.