Numbers 21:17:2Num.21.17.W2TAB
יָשִׁ֣יר
yashir
“sang”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHIR
- Extended
- yaa-SHEER
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- sang
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-SHIR
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHIR yis-ra-EL
- clause
AZ ya-SHIR yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RAH ha-ZOT
- sentence
AZ ya-SHIR yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RAH ha-ZOT a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH
Exegesis
The verb yashir {יָשִׁיר | yāšîr} employs the Qal imperfect with a vav-conversive for narrative perfective, indicating completed action.
In context — Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well ; sing to her !”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:17, so the Hebrew word יָשִׁ֣יר (yashir) 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.21.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.17.W2.S1) and character.