Ezekiel 21:2:9Ezek.21.2.W9TABWLC Ezekiel 21:7
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
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
el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-hi-na-VE el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-ha-TEF el-mik-DA-shim ve-hi-na-VE el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם | yə-rū-ša-lá-yim} ‘Jerusalem’ and mikdasheha {מִקְדָּשֶׁיהָ | miq-da-še-hā} ‘her sanctuaries’ specify the targeted sites, while the construct chain admat yisrael {אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾad-mat yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘land of Israel’ delineates the geographic scope.
In context — Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man , set your face toward Jerusalem and turn toward her sanctuaries , and prophesy against the land of Israel.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 21:2, 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 Ezek.21.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.2.W9.S1) and character.