Numbers 15:2:3Num.15.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EHL
- 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
el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
Exegesis
The construct chain benei yisrael {בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nē Yisrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ expresses covenant identity.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾś-r-ʾ
“he strives with God”
In context — Numbers 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:2, 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 Num.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.2.W3.S1) and character.