Numbers 17:9:7Num.17.9.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:24
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yisrael
“of Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
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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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-TSE mo-SHEH ET-KOL-ha-ma-TOT mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-REU va-yik-KHU EESH ma-TE-hu
Exegesis
The phrase milifnei YHWH {מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה | mīlappnê Yəhōwāh} ‘from before the LORD’ establishes a sacred locus, while el kol benei Yisrael {אֶל־כָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel kol bənê yiśrāʾēl} ‘to all the sons of Israel’ frames collective participation.
In context — Numbers 17:9
And Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the sons of Israel. They saw, and each man took his staff .
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 17:9, 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.17.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.9.W7.S1) and character.