Numbers 22:3:12Num.22.3.W12TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EL
- 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
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Each clause begins with mippnei {מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipp̄nê} governing haam {הָעָם | hāʿām} “the people” in the first and bene yisrael {בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nē yiśrāʾēl} “the sons of Israel” in the second.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“he who strives with God”
In context — Numbers 22:3
And Moab was greatly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sickened because of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (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.22.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.3.W12.S1) and character.