Isaiah 21:10:9Isa.21.10.W9TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
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
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
- sentence
me-du-SHA-ti u-VEN-GAR-ni a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me’et {מֵאֵת | mēʾēt} ‘from’ marks the divine source, followed by the compound titles YHWH Tsevaot {יְהוָה צְבָא֛וֹת | Yəhōwāh Ṣəḇāʾōṯ} and Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕlōhêy Yiśrāʾēl} in apposition.
In context — Isaiah 21:10
My threshed one , and son of my threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts and the God of Israel , I have declared to you.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 21:10, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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 Isa.21.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.10.W9.S1) and character.