Numbers 35:2:3Num.35.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔel/
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-bne yis-ra-EL
- clause
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-RASH le-a-RIM se-vi-vo-TEI-hem tit-NU la-le-vi-YIM
Root and etymology
ś-r-hShin–Resh–He
“to struggle”
In context — Numbers 35:2
Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns for dwelling and pastureland around those towns.
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 35:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (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.35.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.2.W3.S1) and character.