Numbers 17:6:4Num.17.6.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:21

יִשְׂרָאֵל

yisrael

Israel

Transliteration
yis-ra-EL
Extended
yis-rah-EIL
IPA
/jis.raˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵל
yis + ra + el
yisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    yis-ra-EL

  2. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU e-LAV kol-ne-si-EI-hem ma-TEH le-na-SI e-KHAD ma-TEH le-na-si-EM shneim-a-SAR ma-TOT u-ma-TEH a-ha-RON be-TOKh ma-to-TAM

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ʾel-benei Yisrael {אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel·bə·nê yiś·rā·ʾêl} marks the addressees.

In contextNumbers 17:6

And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him staffs—one staff for each leader, according to their ancestral houses—twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 17:6, 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.17.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.6.W4.S1) and character.