Numbers 22:2:6Num.22.2.W6TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
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
kol-a-SHER-a-SA yis-ra-EL
- clause
ET kol-a-SHER-a-SA yis-ra-EL la-e-mo-REE
- sentence
va-YAR ba-LAK ben-TSEE-por ET kol-a-SHER-a-SA yis-ra-EL la-e-mo-REE
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod-shin-resh
“to struggle”
In context — Numbers 22:2
Balak , son of Zippor, took note of all that Israel had done to the Amorite .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:2, 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.22.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.2.W6.S1) and character.