Ezekiel 18:25:8Ezek.18.25.W8TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisreel
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-re-EL
- Extended
- yihs-reh-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
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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Word in context
- word
yis-re-EL
- phraseyour reading level
BET yis-re-EL
- clause
shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu
- sentence
va-a-MAR-tem LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu
Exegesis
The imperative šimʿū-nā {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא | šim-ʿū-nā} ‘hear now’ introduces the rebuttal directed at beit Yisrael {בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל | bêṯ yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
In context — Ezekiel 18:25
Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Hear now, house of Israel: Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 18:25, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yisreel) 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 Ezek.18.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.25.W8.S1) and character.