Numbers 20:21:8Num.20.21.W8TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yees-rah-EHL
- 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
va-YET yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN e-DOM ne-TON et-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The infinitive construct neton {נְתֹן | nəṯōn} ‘to allow’ expresses the purpose of the refusal, with the particle et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} marking Yisraʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl} as the direct object.
Root and etymology
y-ś-ryod-shin-resh
“may God prevail”
In context — Numbers 20:21
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his border , and Israel turned away from him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:21, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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.20.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.21.W8.S1) and character.