Numbers 21:25:2Num.21.25.W2TAB
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
- clause
va-yi-KAKH yis-ra-EL ET kol-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH yis-ra-EL ET kol-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL be-KHOL-a-REI ha-e-mo-RI be-KHESH-bon u-ve-KHOL-be-no-TE-ha
Exegesis
English shifts from Hebrew VSO to SVO to clarify the dual actions of conquest and habitation, while the repetition of yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrāʾēl} underscores national identity.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-aleph-lamed
“God prevails”
In context — Numbers 21:25
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorite in Heshbon and in all its villages .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:25, 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.21.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.25.W2.S1) and character.