Numbers 20:29:12Num.20.29.W12TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yees-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
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
BEIT yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The expanded subject kol bêt yiśrāʾēl {כֹּ֖ל בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | kol bêt yiśrāʾēl} ‘all the house of Israel’ broadens the response to the entire nation. English SVO order preserves both perception and extended mourning.
Root and etymology
y-ś-ryod-shin-resh
“may God prevail”
In context — Numbers 20:29
And all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.20.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W12.S1) and character.