Numbers 21:24:2Num.21.24.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
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
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
This is followed by the proper noun Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiśrāʼēl} ‘Israel’ as the subject.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod–samekh–resh
“he contends”
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:24, 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.21.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W2.S1) and character.