Judges 20:21:5Judg.20.21.W5TAB
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
veyisrael
“in Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- veh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /vəjis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ve-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — Judges 20:21
And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (veyisrael) 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.20.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W5.S1) and character.