Numbers 34:13:4Num.34.13.W4TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EIL
- 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
ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tit-na-kha-LU o-TAH be-go-RAL a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-tish-AT ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH
Root and etymology
Rootś-r-ʾ
“to prevail”
In context — Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 34:13, 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.34.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.13.W4.S1) and character.