Judges 19:12:10Judg.19.12.W10TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na ve-a-VAR-nu ad-giv-A
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer lōʾ-miḇnê yiśrāʾēl hênnāh {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵנָּה | ʾăšer lōʾ-miḇnê yiśrāʾēl hênnāh} foregrounds ethnic exclusion by stating “which is not of the sons of Israel, these”.
In context — Judges 19:12
And his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a foreign city , which is not of the sons of Israel; instead, we will proceed on to Gibeah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 19:12, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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.19.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.12.W10.S1) and character.