Judges 20:11:3Judg.20.11.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EL
- 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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
kol-ISH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-a-SEF kol-ISH yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ke-ISH e-KHAD kha-ve-RIM
Exegesis
The phrase kol-’îš yiśrā’ēl {כָּל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל | kol-’îš yiś-rā’ēl} combines a construct phrase with the name Israel to express full national participation.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — Judges 20:11
And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city as one man, united as companions .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:11, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (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.20.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.11.W3.S1) and character.