Numbers 18:6:8Num.18.6.W8TAB

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

yisrael

Israel

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

Meaning by language

English
Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֑ל
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. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED

Exegesis

The direct object marker ’et {אֶת־ | ’et} marks the Levites as the focus of God’s selection, reinforced by mitokh bᵉnei Yisrael {מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mi-tôḵ bə-nê Yiś-rā-’êl} “from among the sons of Israel.”

In contextNumbers 18:6

And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel for you a gift given to the LORD to serve the service of the tent of meeting.

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:6, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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.18.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.6.W8.S1) and character.