Numbers 25:1:2Num.25.1.W2TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל
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
- sentence
va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL ba-shi-TIM va-ya-CHEL ha-AM liz-NOT el-be-NOT mo-AV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešeb} ‘and he dwelt’, which situates yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl} in bashittim {בַּשִּׁטִּים | baššîṭîm} ‘in Shittim’.
In context — Numbers 25:1
And Israel settled in Shittim , and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 25:1, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל (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.25.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.1.W2.S1) and character.