Judges 15:20:2Judg.15.20.W2TAB
אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
etyisrael
“the Israel”
- Transliteration
- et-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- eht-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL bi-ME pe-lish-TIM e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} flags Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl} as the object.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–aleph
“God strives”
In context — Judges 15:20
He judged Israel for twenty years, in the days of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 15:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (etyisrael) 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.15.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.20.W2.S1) and character.