Joshua 20:2:3Josh.20.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EIL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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
- phraseyour reading level
el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR te-NU la-KHEM et-a-REI ha-mik-LAT a-sher-di-barti a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-MO-sheh
Exegesis
This is followed by el-benei Yisra’el {אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel-bənê yisrāʾēl} ‘to the sons of Israel’, marking the audience.
In context — Joshua 20:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, “Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge which I commanded through Moses.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 20:2, 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 Josh.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.2.W3.S1) and character.