Numbers 24:1:8Num.24.1.W8TAB

אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

etyisrael

“Israel”

Transliteration: ET-Yis-ra-EL
Extended: EET-Yis-raa-EL
IPA: /ˈʔeːt jisraˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English: Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֔ל

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et + yis + ra + el

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etyisrael

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ET-Yis-ra-EL
phraseyour reading level
le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL
clause
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM
sentence
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV

Exegesis

The clause ki tov be-ei-nai YHWH {כִּי טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | kî ṭôb bə-ʿê-nê Yəhōwāh} functions as a purpose clause with the infinitive levarekh {לְבָרֵךְ | lə-wā-rêḵ} “to bless” governing et-yisrael {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾet-yīsrāʼēl}.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ-l

“mighty”

In context — Numbers 24:1

And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of the LORD to bless Israel, and he did not go as at other times to seek omens , but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 24:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (etyisrael) 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.24.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.1.W8.S1) and character.

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