Exodus 19:3:15Exod.19.3.W15TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
u-mo-SHEH a-LAA el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chains lebeit yaakov {לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב | lə-bêt ya-ʿă-qōb} and livnei yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | liv-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} specify the addressees in familial and national terms.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–heh
“to strive”
In context — Exodus 19:3
Moses ascended to God , and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and what you shall tell the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 19:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.19.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.3.W15.S1) and character.