Leviticus 24:2:3Lev.24.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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
ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces the audience b’nei Yisra’el {בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nē yiś-ra-ʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’.
Root and etymology
y-s-r
“to struggle”
In context — Leviticus 24:2
Command the sons of Israel to bring you pure olive oil that has been beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (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.24.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W3.S1) and character.