Judges 21:1:2Judg.21.1.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-conjunction and noun ve’ish {וְאִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’, which functions collectively with yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘Israel’.
Root and etymology
y-š-r
“upright, straight”
In context — Judges 21:1
And the men of Israel swore at Mizpah , saying, “No man among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:1, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.1.W2.S1) and character.