Numbers 25:11:8Num.25.11.W8TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EL
- 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
pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN he-SHIV et-kha-ma-TI me-AL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN he-SHIV et-kha-ma-TI me-AL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL be-kan-O et-kin-a-TI be-to-KHAM ve-LO-ki-li-TI et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL be-kin-a-TI
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} introduces chamati {חֲמָתִי | ḥă-mā-ṯî} ‘my wrath,’ followed by the clause me-al bene Israel {מֵעַל בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | me-ʿāl bə-nē Yīs-rā-ʼēl} ‘from upon the sons of Israel.’
In context — Numbers 25:11
Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, turned back my wrath from the sons of Israel, because he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my zeal.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 25:11, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (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.25.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.11.W8.S1) and character.