Leviticus 24:23:4Lev.24.23.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yees-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
el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL va-yo-tsi-U et-ha-me-ka-LEL el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH va-yir-ge-MU o-TO A-ven
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL va-yo-tsi-U et-ha-me-ka-LEL el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH va-yir-ge-MU o-TO A-ven uv-be-NEE-yis-ra-EL a-SU ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The construct phrase benei-yisra’el {בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə·nē·yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ defines the covenant community responsible for carrying out the sentence.
Root and etymology
y-s-r
“to struggle”
In context — Leviticus 24:23
And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought out the one who blasphemed outside the camp and stoned him with a stone. And the sons of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:23, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (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.24.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.23.W4.S1) and character.