Numbers 21:10:3Num.21.10.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-raa-EEL
- 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-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-kha-NU be-o-VOT
Exegesis
The phrase benei yisra'el {בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-nê yis-ra-ʾêl} ‘sons of Israel’ identifies the covenant community.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph-lamed
“God prevails”
In context — Numbers 21:10
And the sons of Israel set out and camped at Oboth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:10, 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.21.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.10.W3.S1) and character.