Jeremiah 14:8:2Jer.14.8.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA LA-ma tih-HE-ye ke-GER ba-A-rets u-khe-O-re-akh na-TA la-LUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vocative label mikveh {מִקְוֵה | mîq·wê} ‘hope’, addressed to the national personification Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘Israel’.
In context — Jeremiah 14:8
Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why should You be like a stranger in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to lodge?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 14:8, 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 Jer.14.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.8.W2.S1) and character.