Isaiah 49:3:4Isa.49.3.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֕ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
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
- clause
yis-ra-EL a-SHER-be-KHA et-pa-AR
- sentence
va-YO-mer LI av-DI-A-TA yis-ra-EL a-SHER-be-KHA et-pa-AR
Exegesis
Avdi {עַבְדִּי | ʿaḇdî} ‘my servant’ followed by atah {אָתָּה | ’attāh} ‘you’ forms a vocative address to Israel {יִשְׂרָאֵ֕ל | yiśrā’ēl}, which is fronted for emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–aleph
“he strives with God”
In context — Isaiah 49:3
And He said to me, “You are My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified .”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 49:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 49:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֕ל (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.49.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.3.W4.S1) and character.