Hosea 14:1:2Hos.14.1.W2TABWLC Hosea 14:2
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- clause
SHU-VA yis-ra-EL AD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
SHU-VA yis-ra-EL AD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI kha-SHAL-ta ba-a-VO-ne-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the summons shuvah {שׁוּבָה | šûḇāh} ‘return/turn back’ as a direct imperative, followed by the vocative Yisraʾel {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israel’, marking the addressee and heightening urgency.
In context — Hosea 14:1
Turn back, O Israel, to the LORD your God , for you have stumbled in your iniquity .
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Hosea 14:1, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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 Hos.14.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.1.W2.S1) and character.