Judges 21:6:3Judg.21.6.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.rɑˈʔeːl/
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
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV va-yo-me-RU nig-DA ha-YOM SHE-vet e-KHAD mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The adverbial hayom {הַיּוֹם | ha-yôm} ‘today’ fixes the timing, and the noun phrase shevet echad miyiśra'el {שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל | šê-ḇeṭ ʾe-ḥāḏ mi-yis-rā-ʾêl} ‘one tribe from Israel’ is the subject of that passive. The sequential vav-consecutives and Nifal voices in Hebrew are rendered by corresponding conjunctions and passive constructions in English to preserve narrative flow and emphasize collective emotion.
Root and etymology
y-š-r
“upright, straight”
In context — Judges 21:6
And the sons of Israel were grieved toward Benjamin, their brother, and they said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:6, 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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.6.W3.S1) and character.