Leviticus 22:32:8Lev.22.32.W8TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-raa-EL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-LO te-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kahd-SHI ve-nik-dash-TI be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-LO te-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kahd-SHI ve-nik-dash-TI be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-DISH-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-tokh benei Yisrael {בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-tôk bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘among the sons of Israel’ localizes the divine response.
In context — Leviticus 22:32
And you shall not profane My holy name, so that I may be sanctified among the Israelites. I am the LORD who makes you holy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:32, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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 Lev.22.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.32.W8.S1) and character.