Joshua 19:18:3Josh.19.18.W3TAB
יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה
yizreela
“Jezreel”
- Transliteration
- yiz-re-E-la
- Extended
- yiz-reh-EH-lah
- IPA
- /jizrəˈʔe.la/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jezreel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiz-re-E-la
- phraseyour reading level
yiz-re-E-la ve-ha-ke-su-LOT
- clause
yiz-re-E-la ve-ha-ke-su-LOT ve-shu-NEM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-vu-LAM yiz-re-E-la ve-ha-ke-su-LOT ve-shu-NEM
Exegesis
A series of place names—yizre’elah {יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה | yiz-rə-ʾē-lā} ‘Jezreel’, veha•kesulot {וְהַכְּסוּלֹ֖ת | wə-ha-kə-sū-lōṯ} ‘and the Kesulloth’, veshunem {וְשׁוּנֵֽם | wə-šū-nēm} ‘and Shunem’—are listed with vav conjunctions without additional verbs, a syntactic device typical of territorial enumerations in Joshua. The nominal clause structure and pronominal suffix emphasize tribal inheritance. The formal translation retains the technical nuance of boundary, while the dynamic uses territory included to convey the inclusive allotment sense.
Root and etymology
z-r-‘zayin–resh–ayin
“to sow”
In context — Joshua 19:18
And their boundary was Jezreel, Kesulloth , and Shunem.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:18, so the Hebrew word יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה (yizreela) 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 Josh.19.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.18.W3.S1) and character.