Numbers 34:2:3Num.34.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EIL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
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
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tip-OL la-KHEM be-na-cha-LA E-retz ke-NA-an lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
Root and etymology
Rootś-r-ʾ
“to prevail”
In context — Numbers 34:2
Command the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance —the land of Canaan according to its borders.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 34:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (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.34.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.2.W3.S1) and character.