Numbers 14:39:6Num.14.39.W6TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔel/
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
- clause
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH et-had-de-va-REEM ha-E-leh el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH et-had-de-va-REEM ha-E-leh el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-ab-be-LU ha-AM me-OD
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-kol-benei Yisrael {אֶל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel-kol-bə-nê yi-sra-ʾêl} ‘to all the sons of Israel’ identifies the audience.
Root and etymology
s-r-ʾs-r-ʾ
“he contends/strives”
In context — Numbers 14:39
And Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:39, 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 Num.14.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.39.W6.S1) and character.