Joshua 21:43:3Josh.21.43.W3TAB
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
leyisrael
“to Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yees-rah-EL
- IPA
- /ləjisraˈʔel/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
In context — Joshua 21:43
And the LORD gave Israel all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took it as their possession and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:43, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (leyisrael) 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.21.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.43.W3.S1) and character.