Numbers 21:17:3Num.21.17.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-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
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
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph-lamed
“God prevails”
In context — Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well ; sing to her !”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:17, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (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.21.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.17.W3.S1) and character.