Joshua 22:33:5Josh.22.33.W5TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-raa-EL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-‘ene bene yisrael {בְּעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-ʿênê bənê yiśrāʾēl} ‘in the eyes of the sons of Israel’ establishes a communal viewpoint.
Root and etymology
YSRyod–shin–resh
“to strive or prevail”
In context — Joshua 22:33
And the matter was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God and no longer spoke of going up against them in battle to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 22:33, 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 Josh.22.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.33.W5.S1) and character.