Numbers 16:40:3Num.16.40.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:5
יִשְׂרָאֵל
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
- sentence
zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MA-an a-SHER lo-yik-RAV ISH ZAR a-SHER lo-miz-ZE-ra a-ha-RON HU le-hak-TIR ke-to-RET lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-yih-YE ke-KO-rakh ve-ka-a-da-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh LO
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:40
As a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no outsider who is not of Aaron’s seed may approach to offer incense before the LORD and thus become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD said by the hand of Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל (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.16.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W3.S1) and character.