Judges 20:6:7Judg.20.6.W7TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisreael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-re-a-EL
- Extended
- yihs-reh-ah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rə.ʕaˈʔeːl/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-re-a-EL
- phraseyour reading level
na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL
- clause
va-o-KHEZ be-fi-lag-SHI va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha va-a-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL-se-DE na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL
- sentence
va-o-KHEZ be-fi-lag-SHI va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha va-a-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL-se-DE na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL KI a-SU zim-MA u-ne-va-LA be-yis-re-a-EL
Exegesis
The phrase be-khol-s’de nachalat Yisrael {בְּכָל־שְׂדֵ֖ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-ḵōl šĕ-dê na-ĥă-lăt yĭs-rā’ēl} ‘in every territory of the inheritance of Israel’ denotes the entirety of the tribal lands.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to strive, prevail”
In context — Judges 20:6
And I seized my concubine and dismembered her, and sent her throughout every territory of Israel's inheritance, because they committed lewdness and disgrace in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:6, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yisreael) 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.20.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.6.W7.S1) and character.