Judges 13:1:3Judg.13.1.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
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-NE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-SI-fu be-NE yis-ra-EL la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-SI-fu be-NE yis-ra-EL la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yit-te-NEM Ye-ho-VAH be-yad-pe-lish-TIM ar-ba-IM sha-NA
Exegesis
The construct bnê yiśrāʾēl {בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | bnê yiśrāʾēl} “sons of Israel” denotes corporate identity.
In context — Judges 13:1
The people of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and He placed them under the hand of the Philistines for forty years .
About this coordinate
Judges 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 13:1, 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 Judg.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.1.W3.S1) and character.