Judges 18:29:9Judg.18.29.W9TAB
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
leyisrael
“to Israel”
- Transliteration
- le-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- leh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /lə.jis.raˈʔeːl/
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-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL ve-u-LAM LA-yish shem-ha-IIR la-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yullad le-Yisrael {אֲשֶׁר יוּלַּ֖ד לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | ʾăšer yûllad ləYiśrāʾēl} ‘who was born to Israel’ offers genealogical background.
In context — Judges 18:29
They named the city Dan , after Dan their father who was born to Israel; but the city had previously been called Laish .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:29, so the Hebrew word לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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 Judg.18.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.29.W9.S1) and character.