Judges 20:25:9Judg.20.25.W9TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- 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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa kol-E-le shol-FE kha-REV
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them on the second day, and again struck down eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel, all these wielders of the sword.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:25, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (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.20.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.25.W9.S1) and character.