Numbers 15:25:5Num.15.25.W5TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EIL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
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
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-kol-adat benei Yisrael {עַֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | ʿal-kol-ʿa-ḏat bə-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘for all the congregation of the sons of Israel’ specifies the scope of atonement.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ʾś-r-ʾ
“he strives with God”
In context — Numbers 15:25
And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven to them, for it was an unintentional error , and they have presented their offerings—a fire offering to the LORD —and their sin offering before the LORD for their error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:25, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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.15.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.25.W5.S1) and character.