Hosea 14:5:3Hos.14.5.W3TABWLC Hosea 14:6
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
leyisrael
“to Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ləjis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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
e-HE-ye kha-TAL le-yis-ra-EL yif-RAKH kha-sho-sha-NA
- sentence
e-HE-ye kha-TAL le-yis-ra-EL yif-RAKH kha-sho-sha-NA ve-YAT sha-ra-SHAV kha-le-va-NON
Exegesis
It begins with ehyeh {אֶהְיֶה | ʾehyeh} ‘I will be’ as a divine promise, followed by the simile kattal {כַּטַּל | kaṭṭal} ‘like the dew’ and leyisrael {לְיִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-yiś-rā-ʾēl} marking the beneficiary.
In context — Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily, and he will take root like Lebanon .
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 14:5, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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 Hos.14.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.5.W3.S1) and character.