Numbers 2:34:3Num.2.34.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
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
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
va-ya-a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-KHOL a-SHER-Tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH ET-Mo-SHEH KEN-Kha-NU le-dig-lei-HEM ve-KEN na-SA-U ISH le-mish-pe-kho-TAI-v al-BEIT a-vo-TAIV
Exegesis
The construct bənê Yiśrāʼēl {בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bənê yiś-rāʼ-ēl} ‘sons of Israel’ specifies the participants.
In context — Numbers 2:34
So the sons of Israel did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards and set out, each by his clans and by his fathers’ houses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:34, 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.2.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.34.W3.S1) and character.