Judges 20:10:7Judg.20.10.W7TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-raa-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
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
le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM
- sentence
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause kekhol han’valah asher asah beyisrael {כְּכָל־הַנְּבָלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל} functions as a motive clause, introduced by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’, linking the communal response to the moral outrage.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — Judges 20:10
And we will take ten men from every hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from every thousand, and a thousand from every ten thousand, to secure provisions for the people , so that they may act when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the outrage done in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:10, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (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.20.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.10.W7.S1) and character.